Bay of Plenty Steamers and Chiefs player Sam Cane will captain the All Blacks during the test against Italy in Rome this weekend.

It will be his second stint in the role, having captained the team in last year's Rugby World Cup match against Namibia.

New All Blacks Liam Coltman and Rieko Ioane will be on the bench, while the Italians will face a radically different team to the one which lost to Ireland in Chicago last weekend.

The team (with test caps in brackets) will be as follows:

1) Wyatt Crockett (55)

2) Codie Taylor (12)

3) Charlie Faumuina (43)

4) Patrick Tuipulotu (11)

5) Scott Barrett (1)

6) Elliot Dixon (2)

7) Sam Cane - Captain (38)

8) Steven Luatua (14)

9) Tawera Kerr-Barlow (24)

10) Aaron Cruden (44)

11) Waisake Naholo (9)

12) Anton Lienert-Brown (6)

13) Malakai Fekitoa (21)

14) Israel Dagg (58)

15) Damien McKenzie (1)

16) Liam Coltman *

17) Joe Moody (21)

18) Ofa Tu'ungafasi (3)

19) Brodie Retallick (57)

20) Matt Todd (6)

21) Aaron Smith (55)

22) Lima Sopoaga (5)

23) Reiko Ioane *