Wales will kick off their autumn international campaign by hosting the All Blacks.
Wales have superstar Louis Rees-Zammit at their disposal after his sparkling form on the club rugby scene with Gloucester. Leigh Halfpenny was due to make his Wales comeback after 16 months but has been withdrawn following an aggravation of a hamstring injury. Gareth Anscombe moves to full-back and Rhys Priestland will start at fly half, with uncapped Sam Costelow joining the replacements.
Ken Owens and Justin Tipuric both return to the Test arena after long-term absences through injury. Follow live Wales v New Zealand match updates here.
Rugby Championship title winners New Zealand are in Cardiff off the back of a wobbly win over Japan last weekend, but New Zealand have history on their side: the last time they lost to Wales was on December 19, 1953.
Ian Foster's All Blacks skipper Sam Cane and talismanic front-row Dane Coles have both been ruled out with injury after their 38-31 victory against Japan last weekend.
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Here's everything you need to know about the game:
What time is Wales v New Zealand kick-off?
Wales v New Zealand kicks off at 3.15pm on Saturday, November 5, at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
What TV channel is Wales v New Zealand on? What about live streaming?
You will need to have an Amazon Prime Video subscription for this game. This will be the only live-viewing option, with English and Welsh-language commentary options.
Prime Video offer a 30-day free trial, which renews at £8.99 per month after the trial period ends, or you can cancel it before that. The service also provides a range of films, TV series, music and free one-day delivery. You can sign up here.
S4C will be showing extended highlights of the match from 8.30pm on Saturday night.
What's the Wales v New Zealand team news?
Wales: 15. Gareth Anscombe, 14. Louis Rees-Zammit, 13. George North, 12. Nick Tompkins, 11. Rio Dyer, 10. Rhys Priestland, 9. Tomos Williams, 1. Gareth Thomas, 2. Ken Owens, 3. Tomas Francis, 4. Will Rowlands, 5. Adam Beard, 6. Justin Tipuric, 7. Tommy Reffell, 8. Taulupe Faletau.
Replacements: 16. Ryan Elias, 17. Nicky Smith, 18. Dillon Lewis, 19. Alun Wyn Jones, 20. Christ Tshiunza, 21. Kieran Hardy, 22. Sam Costelow, 23. Owen Watkin.
New Zealand: 15. Beauden Barrett, 14. Sevu Reece, 13. Rieko Ioane, 12. Jordie Barrett, 11. Caleb Clarke, 10. Richie Mo’unga, 9. Aaron Smith, 1. Ethan de Groot, 2. Codie Taylor, 3. Tyrel Lomax, 4. Samuel Whitelock (capt), 5. Scott Barrett, 6. Shannon Frizell, 7. Dalton Papali’i, 8. Ardie Savea.
Replacements: 16. Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17. Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18. Fletcher Newell, 19. Tupou Vaa’i, 20. Akira Ioane, 21. Brad Weber, 22. David Havili, 23. Anton Lienert-Brown.
Who is the Wales v New Zealand referee?
Referee : Wayne Barnes (RFU)
Assistant Referee 1 : Karl Dickson (RFU)
Assistant Referee 2 : Gianluca Gnecchi (FIR)
TMO : Brian MacNeice (IRFU)
What have the coaches said?
Wales head coach Wayne Pivac: "It’s great having Ken Owens, Justin Tipuric and Leigh Halfpenny back. They bring a lot of experience and they are big game players. Playing New Zealand doesn’t get much bigger so we’re really looking forward to having them back in the side.
"New Zealand is going to play with speed, we know that. The roof is closed so we’re looking forward to a fast, open game and I think Justin brings that extra bit of speed to the number six jersey. So the combination [of Tipuric, Reffell and Faletau] we think will work well."
New Zealand head coach Ian Foster: "Playing Wales on the road always represents an exciting challenge. We have a number of players returning to the side and we know we will need to play with a high intensity against this physical Welsh team.”
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