Since I believe that the AB's has already did what was necessary to win the RC trtophy this year and is bound to beat the Springboks on Saturday - I believe that the team should not be too different from what is going to happen as to team selection.
It would indeed be a pity to replace Same Cane with McCaw as Cane was by a distance the best loosie on display the past two tests. To replace him will essentially weaken the AB back row. I think the McCaw aura will in fact not be really an improvement - Cane is the future of AB rugby - McCaw the past.
I have serious reservations about Dagg. In the last three tests he showed nothing and he is in fact the most disappointing player in the AB team this year - compared to the very high standards he set last year. I think they should start with Piutau on Saturday and put Dagg on the bench.
However - after saying the above - the All Blacks have nothing to fear from the Springboks. Meyer is obstinate and refuse to see where his team can be improved - so they have no chance of actually losing the test.
They do have problems in the hooker position and also in their props - but they would not make any changes there. There is nothing much to fall back on.
