All Blacks coach Scott Robertson has dropped fly-half Damian McKenzie from his starting side and replaced him with Beauden Barrett for New Zealand's last Test of the Rugby Championship against Australia in Wellington on Saturday.
Sam Cane was named at openside flanker for his 100th test and he will become the 13th All Black to pass the milestone in his final international on New Zealand soil, ahead of the November Internationals in Europe, including a Friday night engagement at Aviva Stadium.
Barrett, who has won 130 caps, will line up with scrum-half TJ Perenara in an experienced half-back partnership at a ground where they played together in Super Rugby for several seasons.
McKenzie and Cortez Ratima drop to the bench.
"We were always planning to give Beauden a go," Robertson told reporters in the New Zealand capital on Thursday.
"We've got to give guys opportunities and build depth in our team and it's a nice chance for Beauden to play outside TJ, they've got a combination, they've played a lot of games together so it lines up nicely.
"(Beauden)'s a great conductor. He'll get you around the field. Obviously, the boot's been impeccable over his career, and he needs to own this opportunity and put a bit of heat on us to make sure that we've got two world class 10s."
The switch of fly-halves means Will Jordan will again start at full-back, as he did last week after twice World Player of the Year Barrett was sidelined by a stomach bug on the morning of the match.
Barrett's brother Jordie, who was ruled out of Saturday's match by a knee injury, is replaced at inside centre by Anton Lienert-Brown.
Perenara, like Cane, is leaving for Japanese club rugby at the end of the season and gets his chance to play his last test in New Zealand at his home stadium.
"TJ, he's a character," Robertson added. "He's got a hell of a personality, which you need in any sport.
"He's AB tough, you know? He's a competitor and a winner. So it's great that I could be a part of his career and see how much it means to him as an All Black, and how much he's given to this team."
Robertson said there was no sentiment involved in the selection of Cane, the All Blacks captain until the end of last season, for his milestone test.
"The leadership part for me is something I really respect and has been great for us, in our environment," the coach said.
"More importantly, it's great that we can give him 100 off the back of playing well."
Meanwhile Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt (above) has been forced to replace injured Marika Koroibete after the Fiji-born winger suffered a wrist injury in the 31-28 loss to the All Blacks in Sydney last week.
Koroibete was named Australia's best test player in 2019 and 2022 but has looked out of sorts in the Rugby Championship and dropped a couple of simple passes in Sydney last Saturday.
Schmidt said Japan-based Koroibete's performance had perhaps been impacted by the injury and questions over whether he would have been dropped in any case were "moot".
"He's still pretty quick. He still managed to open up the defences a couple of times," the former Ireland head coach told reporters in Wellington.
Dylan Pietsch, the 15th indigenous Australian to play for the Wallabies, shone as a replacement at Stadium Australia as the home side fought their way back from a hefty early deficit and gets his reward with a first Test start.
In other changes, Jake Gordon returns at scrum-half in place of Nic White and Ben Donaldson comes onto the bench as backup to fly-half Noah Lolesio in place of Tom Lynagh.
Schmidt said he had been happy with White's performance in Sydney and the rotation was just a matter of selecting the fresher player.
"There's certainly no one dumped," he added. "We've got confidence in all three of our half-backs. So it's very much a best fit for any given occasion."
James Slipper gets a rest after becoming the most capped Wallaby of all time last week with Isaac Kailea returning from injury to back-up loosehead prop Angus Bell.
Australia, whose hopes of winning the Bledisloe Cup for the first time in more than two decades ended with the loss in Sydney, last beat the All Blacks in New Zealand in 2001 in Dunedin.
"We didn't help ourselves last weekend falling behind early to a fast moving, high tempo All Blacks side," Schmidt said.
"We know we will need to start better than we did last week, with the physical edge and accuracy required."
New Zealand: Will Jordan; Sevu Reece, Rieko Ioane, Anton Lienert-Brown, Caleb Clarke; Beauden Barrett, TJ Perenara; Ethan de Groot, Codie Taylor, Tyrel Lomax; Scott Barrett (capt), Tupou Vaa'i; Wallace Sititi, Sam Cane, Ardie Savea
Replacements: Asafo Aumua, Tamaiti Williams, Pasilio Tosi, Patrick Tuipulotu, Luke Jacobson, Cortez Ratima, Damian McKenzie, David Havili
Australia: Tom Wright: Andrew Kellaway, Len Ikitau, Hunter Paisami, Dylan Pietsch; Noah Lolesio, Jake Gordon; Angus Bell, Matt Faessler, Taniela Tupou; Nick Frost, Jeremy Williams; Rob Valetini, Fraser McReight, Harry Wilson
Replacements: Brandon Paenga-Amosa, Isaac Kailea, Allan Alaalatoa, Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, Langi Gleeson, Tate McDermott, Ben Donaldson, Josh Flook.
