All Blacks team: Winners and losers as Dave Rennie denies standout a ‘fair shot’ while ‘world-class’ forward pays the price for Springboks failings

Following the announcement of the All Blacks team that will face Australia in the Bledisloe Cup match at Eden Park, here are our winners and losers.

Head coach Dave Rennie has made several changes to the team that lined up against the Springboks in Baltimore a few weeks ago. Several of those changes have been enforced through injury, but the squad has been bolstered by the return of experienced forwards for the clash against their Trans-Tasman rivals.

Without further ado, here are our winners and losers.

Winners

Scott Barrett

It’s been a testing year for Scott Barrett, who took up a