Wallabies make seven changes, All Blacks virtually unchanged 

CAPTAIN'S ROLE: New Zealand's Ardie Savea.

Australia and New Zealand both will be without their regular captains when they meet for the first time this year Saturday in a Bledisloe Cup and Rugby Championship test in Melbourne.

Wallabies captain Michael Hooper is out of action with a calf injury while All Blacks captain Sam Cane has a neck strain. Ardie Savea will captain New Zealand for the fifth time from No. 8 while prop Allan Alaalatoa will lead Australia.