All Blacks v British and Irish Lions

All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor scores the opening try. Photo / Brett Phibbs

Follow live updates from the first test as the All Blacks and British and Irish Lions clash at Eden Park.

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Kieran Read has recovered from injury and will captain the All Blacks.

The Crusaders No. 8 last played more than seven weeks ago, when he suffered a broken thumb while on Super Rugby duty.

But he is fit again to pack down in the All Blacks' back-row alongside Jerome Kaino and Sam Cane as New Zealand look to extend their long unbeaten run at Eden Park.

All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen has sprung a surprise on the left-wing, though, handing Rieko Ioane a first Test start instead of the more experienced Julian Savea.
Elsewhere, World Cup winner Sonny Bill Williams lines up in midfield with a fit-again Ryan Crotty, with Crotty replacing Anton Lienert-Brown following last week's 78-0 victory over Samoa.

Peter O'Mahony will captain the Lions after Sam Warburton failed to force his way into the back row, in a side that also features Wales wing Liam Williams at fullback and England's Elliot Daly in a new-look back three.