Saturday morning sees the All Blacks ready to deal Wales a 2nd humiliating defeat at Waikato Stadium, Hamilton. Both teams are showing quite a few changes from the teams who met last week.

On All Blacks side, there are 7 changes, but some of them can and should be seen as possibly better players than those who started last week, who that is I would leave up to you!

Mils Muliaina is back from injury at fullback and forms a very exciting back 3 with Cory Jane and Super 14 star, Zac Guildford.

The midfield is without Conrad Smith but in Richard Kahui, they have a very exciting outside centre.

We’ll have to see if Dan Carter passes fitness requirements for this match, but he is pencilled in at flyhalf with Luke McAlister on standby to replace him should the need arise.

A more experienced front row does duty this weekend, the locks are solid and the loose-trio is one of the world’s best.

Wales on the other hand disapointed last week, resulting in the sacking of Stephen Jones and Dan Biggar being passed the mantle of flyhalf, next to an out of form Mike Philips at scumhalf.

The Thomas’s and Jones’s abound in the forwards, but one senses that last week was only the beginning of Wales woes.

I boldly predict that the All Blacks are going to be even more ruthless against Wales than the week before…. All Blacks by plenty.

Recent results:
2010: New Zealand won 42-9, Dunedin
2009: New Zealand won 19-12, Cardiff
2008: New Zealand won 29-9, Cardiff
2006: New Zealand won 45-10, Cardiff
2005: New Zealand won 41-3, Cardiff
2004: New Zealand won 26-25, Cardiff
2003: New Zealand won 53-37, Sydney
2003: New Zealand won 55-3, Hamilton

The teams:

New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Richard Kahui, 12 Benson Stanley, 11 Zac Guildford, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Aled de Malmanche, 17 Owen Franks, 18 Sam Whitelock, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Rene Ranger.

Wales: 15 Lee Byrne, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Tom Prydie, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Ryan Jones (captain), 7 Gavin Thomas, 6 Jonathan Thomas, 5 Alun-Wyn Jones, 4 Bradley Davies, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Matthew Rees, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Huw Bennett, 17 Craig Mitchell, 18 Deiniol Jones, 19 Rob McCusker, 20 Richard Rees, 21 Stephen Jones, 22 Will Harries.

Date: Saturday, June 26
Kick-off: 19.35 (09.35 SA Time)
Venue: Waikato Stadium, Hamilton
Referee: Jonathan Kaplan (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert (South Africa), James Leckie (Australia)
Television Match Official: George Ayoub (Australia)