WELLINGTON (Reuters) - Damian McKenzie's audition for the All Blacks starting flyhalf role continues on Saturday in the third and final test against France but it is just one of several 2019 World Cup subplots set to unfold in Dunedin.
McKenzie has been given the first opportunity in his 14-test career to start in the pivotal role after Beauden Barrett was ruled out with a concussion sustained in the All Blacks' 26-13 second-test win in Wellington that sealed the series.
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