The starting forward pack is unchanged from the original eight named last week, when New Zealand beat the Boks by 19-17 courtesy of a late penalty goal, with Luke Jacobson returning to the No 8 jersey after his late withdrawal with illness last weekend. Asafo Aumua comes in at reserve hooker and George Bower comes in for Karl Tu’inukuafe on the bench.

In the backs, Weber will start at halfback with TJ Perenara on the bench, Lienert-Brown returns from injury to the No 13 jersey, with Rieko Ioane moving to the left wing and Sevu Reece named on the right.

Richie Mo’unga, who re-joined the team this week, is on the reserves bench alongside Damian McKenzie.

Foster said they were keen to finish the Rugby Championship on a high.

"The energy levels are high in the team, it’s our fifth Test in a row, and we’re highly motivated ahead of another big Test against South Africa and the last Test of the Championship," said Foster.

"We’ve achieved the Championship title, which we’re really proud to have achieved. The fact that we now have the chance to achieve a potential Grand Slam against our Southern Hemisphere opponents is pretty special. I’m excited by that and it has already given this weekend’s Test an edge."

Foster said the All Blacks were looking for improvement in their game across the board this week: "We learnt some lessons last week. We didn’t look after the ball as well as we could have and some of our work at the ruck wasn’t as good as we wanted. We have to lift our performance in that area and the team is keen to get that right this weekend."

All Blacks: 15 Jordie Barrett; 14 Sevu Reece, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 David Havili, 11 Rieko Ioane; 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Brad Weber; 8 Luke Jacobson, 7 Ardie Savea (captain), 6 Akira Ioane; 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Brodie Retallick; 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Joe Moody. Replacements: 16 Asafo Aumua, 17 George Bower, 18 Ofa Tuungafasi, 19 Patrick Tuipulotu, 20 Ethan Blackadder, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Richie Mo’unga, 23 Damian McKenzie.