Halfback Aaron Smith has surprisingly been named captain for the All Blacks test against Fiji in Dunedin in what will be his 98th match for the side. He replaces Sam Whitelock who led the side in the absence of the injured Sam Cane in the side's season opener against Tonga last weekend. Highlanders prop Ethan de Groot is set to make his test debut, being named on the bench. Smith has a chequered off field history. In 2016 he had to make made a tearful public apology after being caught having sex with a woman in a Christchurch airport toilet before the All Blacks were due to fly to South Africa for a test match.