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    Confidence that All Blacks loose forward Wallace Sititi will again step up in a crucial rugby test

    Confidence that All Blacks loose forward Wallace Sititi will again step up in a crucial rugby test


    The 22-year-old's been named for a second straight start in the number six jersey with Ethan Blackadder's hamstring injury still not fully recovered for Saturday's opening Bledisloe Cup match in Sydney.

    Sititi shone in the second test defeat to the Springboks in Cape Town.

    Coach Scott Robertson says he's delivered him a simple message.



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