Wyatt Crockett will earn his first All Blacks cap in the Test match against Italy in front of his home crowd at AMI Stadium in Christchurch on Saturday night.

Loosehead prop Crockett will be joined in the starting line-up by Canterbury team-mates Kieran Read and Brad Thorn.

On the bench are Canterbury players Isaac Ross and Owen Franks, with prop Franks hoping to make an appearance on the field and also win his first All Blacks cap.

New All Black Ross, who played the last two Tests against France, makes way for the fit-again Ali Williams in the second row.

Read will be hoping for another strong showing at No8 after he played very well there against France in Wellington last weekend.

And of course big Brad is backing up from a massive effort at lock last weekend where he did more than his fair share of work in the tight and also got back to make that try-saving tackle on the French wing who was in the act of scoring.

Come to game and support our boys! Kick-off is 7.35pm and there will be a street festa near the ground from 4pm plus lots of other entertainment.