New Zealand captain Scott Barrett has recovered from a leg wound in time to face England at Allianz Stadium on Saturday.
Barrett needed 12 stitches to repair the cut sustained in the victory over Ireland in Chicago on 1 November and was absent for last weekend's 25-17 win against Scotland.
The 87-cap veteran second-row came through a crucial training session on Tuesday and will take charge of grand slam-chasing New Zealand at Twickenham, with openside Ardie Savea dropping to vice captain.
Super-sub Damian McKenzie continues on the bench despite producing the late try that nudged the All Blacks over the line at Murrayfield, with Beauden Barrett continuing at fly-half.
Leicester Fainga’anuku moves to the left wing after Caleb Clarke was ruled out of the Hillary Shield showdown because of concussion.
Five of the last seven games between the All Blacks and England have been decided by three points or less.
"Twickenham is one of the iconic venues in world rugby and there is nothing quite like hearing 80,000 fans singing 'Swing Low’ to get the adrenaline pumping," head coach Scott Robertson said.
"Recent games against England have been incredibly close-fought and both teams are coming off a run of wins, so we are expecting an epic clash."
England named their team on Tuesday. George Ford will direct operations from out-half while head coach Steve Borthwick has named six Lions on the bench, including a heavyweight front row of Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge and Will Stuart, and back-row warrior Tom Curry.
England's bomb squad has turned the tide against Australia and Fiji so far this autumn, with the sight of five forwards being introduced en masse around the 50-minute mark generating excitement around an expectant Twickenham.
Wing Tommy Freeman has been ruled out of the rest of the autumn because of a hamstring strain but lock Ollie Chessum could recover from a foot injury in time to face Argentina on Saturday week.
England: Freddie Steward; Tom Roebuck, Ollie Lawrence, Fraser Dingwall, Immanuel Feyi-Waboso; George Ford, Alex Mitchell; Ben Earl, Sam Underhill, Guy Pepper; Alex Coles, Maro Itoje; Joe Heyes, Jamie George, Fin Baxter.
Replacements: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Ellis Genge, Will Stuart, Chandler Cunningham-South, Tom Curry, Henry Pollock, Ben Spencer, Marcus Smith.
New Zealand: Will Jordan; Leroy Carter, Billy Proctor, Quinn Tupaea, Leicester Fainga'anuku; Beauden Barrett, Cam Roigard; Peter Lakai, Ardie Savea, Simon Parker; Fabian Holland, Scott Barrett (captain); Fletcher Newell, Codie Taylor, Ethan de Groot.
Replacements: Samisoni Taukei'aho, Tamaiti Williams, Pasilio Tosi, Josh Lord, Wallace Sititi, Cortez Ratima, Anton Lienert-Brown, Damian McKenzie.
Louis Rees-Zammit will make his first Wales start since returning to rugby from American football as Japan visit Cardiff on Saturday,
The wing, who joined Bristol this season after stints with Kansas City Chiefs and Jacksonville Jaguars, has been named in Steve Tandy's side for the second match of the Quilter Nations Series at Principality Stadium.
The 24-year-old made his first Wales appearance since the 2023 World Cup off the bench in last Sunday’s 52-28 loss to Argentina (above).
Injury to captain Jac Morgan has forced changes in the pack with Alex Mann moving to openside flanker and Alan Wainwright starting at blindside.
Leicester’s Olly Cracknell comes into the side at number eight after making his debut as a replacement last weekend.
Tandy has rotated his props with Nicky Smith and Archie Griffin coming in for Rhys Carre and Keiron Assiratti, who are among the replacements.
Hooker Dewi Lake takes over as captain from Morgan, who will miss the rest of the autumn programme with a dislocated shoulder.
Wales: B Murray (Scarlets), L Rees-Zammit (Bristol), M Llewellyn (Gloucester), B Thomas (Cardiff), J Adams (Cardiff), D Edwards (Ospreys), T Williams (Gloucester); N Smith (Leicester), D Lake (Ospreys, capt), A Griffin (Bath), D Jenkins (Exeter), A Beard (Montpellier), A Wainwright (Dragons), A Mann (Cardiff), O Cracknell (Leicester).
Replacements: L Belcher (Cardiff), R Carre (Saracens), K Assiratti (Cardiff), F Thomas (Gloucester), T Plumtree (Scarlets), K Hardy (Ospreys), J Evans (Harlequins), N Tompkins (Saracens).
Scotland duo Zander Fagerson and Finn Russell (above) have been "training fully" as they bid to prove their fitness ahead of Sunday's Test against Argentina at Murrayfield.
Fagerson has not played since early April due to calf and knee problems. The tighthead was not deemed ready to return against New Zealand last Saturday, but the Scots’ backroom staff are confident he will be involved for the visit of the Pumas or Tonga a week later.
Scrum coach Pieter de Villiers said on Wednesday evening: "Zander has been training fully, which is fantastic news.
"Tomorrow (Thursday) is obviously our biggest training day. We’ll see how he holds up and then make a decision from there.
"We’re positive that he will make an appearance for us in this tournament at some stage, whether it be this match or the next match."
Stand-off Russell was substituted in the 74th minute on Saturday after struggling with a combination of knee and ankle problems.
"Finn has been training fully as well, so we’re optimistic for him to be available," said De Villiers. "We’ll obviously see how the niggles progress. There are still a few days left, but he has trained fully today, so that’s great news."
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