AUCKLAND (Reuters) - All Blacks captain Kieran Read has been cleared to face the British and Irish Lions, while left winger Julian Savea has been dropped and replaced by Rieko Ioane for the first test at Eden Park on Saturday.
Read broke his thumb in late April and has not played since. He had surgery and the protective cast was removed two weeks ago.
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