Watch New Zealand All Blacks vs Scotland Live Streaming 2014 End Of Year Autumn International Live Online.This Rugby Union match will be kick off at BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh,Saturday 15 November 2014 online, Time 17:30GMT and its broadcast on Fox Sports,Online Channels,Sky Sports.
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Having overhauled their line-up for their penultimate Test of the year, the All Blacks should face a strong contest against Scotland.
Steve Hansen and his coaching staff will be hoping for a slightly simpler 80 minutes than in recent matches against South Africa, Australia and England, when the All Blacks have been pushed hard.
Claims that the selection is disrespectful feels a touch far, even if only Ben Smith and captain Richie McCaw remain from the starting XV that defeated England at Twickenham.
Even then Smith and McCaw won’t have the same numbers on their backs, with the Highlander moved to full-back while McCaw, with his 135 caps and myriad of accolades, achieves something new by being selected in the six shirt for the first time.
Not that the changes mean New Zealand are sending out some scratch side at Murrayfield, as they look to stretch their unbeaten run against Scotland to 30 straight games.
Performing well in Edinburgh, given the starters are likely to return for Wales, may just alter Hansen’s thinking before next year’s World Cup.
Jeremy Thrush and Dominic Bird are effectively in competition with each other to be New Zealand’s fourth lock, with Luke Romano also in the mix on the bench, after Patrick Tuipulotu’s impressive rise this year.
Malakai Fekitoa is another who despite an outstanding breakthrough year, still has to compete with Ma’a Nonu, Conrad Smith, Sonny Bill Williams and Ryan Crotty for a spot in the All Blacks’ midfield. When you consider that amazing depth, the All Blacks don’t get much sympathy.
Complacency isn’t a concern therefore but cohesion might be, given the number of new combinations.
Plenty of attention will be on Dan Carter, more on him later, but from an observer’s perspective the chance to see Sam Cane get a run at openside, along with the likes of Fekitoa and Piutau, is enough to pay close attention to Saturday anyway – before considering how exciting Scotland were against Argentina.
Arguably the one curveball in Hansen’s selection however has been Colin Slade on the wing, although the Crusader is more likely to be interchanging with Smith and Piutau around the Kiwi back-three rather than being fixed out on the flank.
