(Reuters) - Richie Mo’unga will start at flyhalf as one of a number of changes to a largely second-string New Zealand side to tackle Italy in their autumn international clash in Rome on Saturday.
Mo'unga replaces Beauden Barrett as coach Ian Foster rests some of his usual starters, with wing Sevu Reece, scrumhalf Brad Weber, lock Tupou Vaa'i and prop Tyrel Lomax moving into the line-up from the side that thumped Wales 54-16 in Cardiff last weekend.
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