Anthony Tuitavake will make his New Zealand debut on Saturday after being selected on the wing to play in the one-off Test against Ireland in Wellington.
The 25-year-old Blues back is the only one of the six new members of the squad to make the starting line-up, although Anthony Boric, Adam Thomson and Stephen Donald have been named on the bench.
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