Scotland v New Zealand teams

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Scotland have named an unchanged team to face at Murrayfield on Saturday.
There are four changes on the bench however with Johnnie Beattie, Fraser Brown, Tim Swinson and Chris Cusiter all called back replacing Alastair Strokosch, Scott Lawson, Jim Hamilton and Henry Pyrgos respectively.
“I really enjoyed watching the players play for each other against ,” said Cotter. “They picked themselves up time and time again, and encouraged each other to keep on working for our collective cause. It was fantastic to see, as was our ability to get over the line and score tries, all of which contributed to a strong case for reselection.
“In saying that, the are the world’s best at exposing errors so we’ll also have to be absolutely clinical in both our decision making and execution if we are to go one better than the 1983 team that drew with New Zealand here at BT Murrayfield.”
Meanwhile, Dan Carter will start his first match in an All Black shirt in one of 13 personnel changes from the starting XV that beat at last week.
Only Richie McCaw and Ben Smith remain in the team but both switch position. McCaw will start at with Sam Cane coming at openside and Smith drops to full-back with playmaker Colin Slade surprisingly named on the wing.
: Stuart Hogg; Sean Maitland, Mark Bennett, Alex Dunbar, Tommy Seymour; Finn Russell, Greig Laidlaw (capt); Alastair Dickinson, Ross Ford, Euan Murray; Richie Gray, Jonny Gray; Rob Harley, Blair Cowan, Adam Ashe.
Replacements: Fraser Brown, Gordon Reid, Geoff Cross, Tim Swinson, Johnnie Beattie; Chris Cusiter, Duncan Weir, Sean Lamont.
New Zealand: Ben Smith; Colin Slade, Malakai Fekitoa, Ryan Crotty, Charles Piutau; Daniel Carter, TJ Perenara; Joe Moody, James Parsons, Charlie Faumuina; Jeremy Thrush, Dominic Bird; Richie McCaw (Capt.), Sam Cane, Victor Vito.
Replacements: Dane Coles, Wyatt Crockett, Ben Franks, Luke Romano, Liam Messam, Augustine Pulu, Sonny Bill Williams, Julian Savea.

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