Fullback Salesi (Charles) Piutau, centre Malakai Fekitoa, scrumhalf Augustine Pulu and number eight Vaea Fifita to take the field
Fekitoa, helped Munster to the URC title, producing a series of excellent displays in the second half of the season before leaving to join Benetton in the summer. He is bidding to become only the second player after Frank Bunce to score for two different countries at a World Cup, having crossed for tries while an All Black against Namibia and Georgia in 2015.
The 33-year-old Augustine Pulu, who won two All Blacks caps in 2014 and now plays in Japan, is preferred to regular captain Sonatane Takulua at scrumhalf, renewing his half-back partnership with William Havili, brother of All Black David, from the 2022 tour to Romania. The Mont de Marsan player is set to play in his third World Cup having made his tournament debut in the defeat to Georgia at RWC 2015.
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