July internationals team news: Ange Capuozzo returns as All Blacks, Springboks, England and others resist change

Check out the teams ahead of this weekend’s mid-year internationals, with series on the line across several of the encounters on Saturday.

In Nuku’alofa, Italy have been boosted by the return of star outside back Ange Capuozzo for their clash against Tonga, with the 25-year-old slotting in at full-back.

Meanwhile, in Washington DC, Scotland back-row Jamie Ritchie is set to make his 50th appearance for his country in their encounter against the USA.

Friday

USA v Scotland
Audi Field, Washington DC

USA: 15 Luke Carty, 14 Conner Mooneyham, 13 Tavite Lopeti, 12 Tommaso Boni, 11 Nate Augspurger, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 JP Smith, 8 Jamason Fa’anana-Schultz, 7 Paddy Ryan, 6 Sam Golla, 5 Greg Peterson, 4 Viliami Helu, 3 David Ainu’u, 2 Dylan Fawsitt, 1 Jack Iscaro
Replacements: 16 Kapeli Pifeleti, 17 Jake Turnbull, 18 Paul Mullen, 19 Saia Uhila, 20 Ben Bonasso, 21 Ethan McVeigh, 22 Bryce Campbell, 23 Mitch Wilson

Scotland: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu (cc), 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 George Horne, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Rory Darge (cc), 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Scott Cummings, 4 Alex Craig, 3 Murphy Walker, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Robbie Smith, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Elliot Millar Mills, 19 Max Williamson, 20 Luke Crosbie, 21 Jamie Dobie, 22 Ross Thompson, 23 Matt Currie

Tonga v Italy
Teufaiva Sport Stadium, Nuku’alofa

Tonga: 15 Taniela Filimone, 14 Fine Inisi, 13 Fetuli Paea, 12 Malakai Fekitoa, 11 Hosea Saumaki, 10 James Faiva, 9 Aisea Halo, 8 Viliami Taulani, 7 Fotu Lokotui, 6 Siosiua Kaifa, 5 Harison Mataele, 4 Adam Coleman, 3 Ben Tameifuna (c), 2 Sekope Moli, 1 Isikeli Fukofuka
Replacements: 16 Sosefo Sakalia, 17 Tau Kolomatangi, 18 Jethro Felemi, 19 Kelemete Finau, 20 Kuki Moala-Liava’a, 21 Manu Paea, 22 Semisi Ma’asi, 23 Nikola Foliaki

Italy: 15 Ange Capuozzo, 14 Jacopo Trulla, 13 Juan Ignacio Brex, 12 Tommaso Menoncello, 11 Monty Ioane, 10 Paolo Garbisi, 9 Martin Page-Relo, 8 Lorenzo Cannone, 7 Michele Lamaro (c), 6 Manuel Zuliani, 5 Federico Ruzza, 4 Edoardo Iachizzi, 3 Marco Riccioni, 2 Giacomo Nicotera, 1 Danilo Fischetti
Replacements: 16 Gianmarco Lucchesi, 17 Mirco Spagnolo, 18 Simone Ferrari, 19 Niccolò Cannone, 20 Andrea Zambonin, 21 Alessandro Garbisi, 22 Leonardo Marin, 23 Ross Vintcent

Saturday

New Zealand v England
Eden Park, Auckland

New Zealand: 15 Stephen Perofeta, 14 Sevu Reece, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Mark Tele’a, 10 Damian McKenzie, 9 Finlay Christie, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Dalton Papali’i, 6 Samipeni Finau, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu, 4 Scott Barrett (c), 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Ethan de Groot
Replacements: 16 Asafo Aumua, 17 Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Tupou Vaa’i, 20 Luke Jacobson, 21 Cortez Ratima, 22 Anton Lienert-Brown, 23 Beauden Barrett

England: 15 George Furbank, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ollie Lawrence, 11 Tommy Freeman, 10 Marcus Smith, 9 Alex Mitchell, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Chandler Cunningham-South, 5 George Martin, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Jamie George, 1 Fin Baxter
Replacements: 16 Theo Dan, 17 Bevan Rodd, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Alex Coles, 20 Tom Curry, 21 Ben Spencer, 22 Fin Smith, 23 Ollie Sleightholme

Australia v Wales
AAMI Park, Melbourne

Australia: 15 Tom Wright, 14 Andrew Kellaway, 13 Josh Flook, 12 Hunter Paisami, 11 Filipo Daugunu, 10 Noah Lolesio, 9 Jake Gordon, 8 Charlie Cale, 7 Fraser McReight, 6 Rob Valetini, 5 Lukhan Salakaia-Loto, 4 Jeremy Williams, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Matt Faessler, 1 James Slipper (c)
Replacements: 16 Josh Nasser, 17 Isaac Kailea, 18 Allan Alaalatoa, 19 Angus Blyth, 20 Langi Gleeson, 21 Nic White, 22 Ben Donaldson, 23 Dylan Pietsch

Wales: 15 Cameron Winnett, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Mason Grady, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Ben Thomas, 9 Ellis Bevan, 8 Taine Plumtree, 7 Tommy Reffell, 6 James Botham, 5 Dafydd Jenkins, 4 Christ Tshiunza, 3 Archie Griffin, 2 Dewi Lake (c), 1 Gareth Thomas
Replacements: 16 Evan Lloyd, 17 Kemsley Mathias, 18 Harri O’Connor, 19 Cory Hill, 20 Mackenzie Martin, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Sam Costelow, 23 Nick Tompkins

South Africa v Ireland
Hollywoodbets Kings Park, Durban

South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Kwagga Smith, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Salmaan Moerat, 20 RG Snyman, 21 Marco van Staden, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu

Ireland: 15 Jamie Osborne, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Garry Ringrose, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Jack Crowley, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Caelan Doris (c), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Tadhg Beirne, 5 James Ryan, 4 Joe McCarthy, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Rónan Kelleher, 1 Andrew Porter
Replacements: 16 Rob Herring, 17 Cian Healy, 18 Finlay Bealham, 19 Ryan Baird, 20 Peter O’Mahony, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 Ciaran Frawley, 23 Stuart McCloskey

Argentina v France
Estadio Vélez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires

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Argentina: 15 Santiago Cordero, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Santiago Chocobares, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Lautaro Bazan Velez, 8 Joaquin Oviedo, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Lucas Paulos, 4 Franco Molina, 3 Eduardo Bello, 2 Julian Montoya (c), 1 Mayco Vivas
Replacements: 16 Ignacio Ruiz, 17 Thomas Gallo, 18 Lucio Sordoni, 19 Matias Alemanno, 20 Pedro Rubiolo, 21 Gonzalo Bertranou, 22 Tomas Albornoz, 23 Matias Orlando

France: 15 Leo Barre, 14 Theo Attissogbe, 13 Emile Gailleton, 12 Antoine Frisch, 11 Lester Etien, 10 Antoine Hastoy, 9 Baptiste Serin, 8 Jordan Joseph, 7 Judicael Cancoriet, 6 Lenni Nouchi, 5 Baptiste Pesenti, 4 Hugo Auradou, 3 George-Henri Colombe, 2 Gaetan Barlot, 1 Jean-Baptiste Gros
Replacements: 16 Teddy Baubigny, 17 Sebastien Taofifenua, 18 Demba Bamba, 19 Posolo Tuilagi, 20 Romain Briatte, 21 Killian Tixeront, 22 Baptiste Jauneau, 23 Leo Berdeu

Japan v Georgia
Yurtec Stadium, Sendai

Japan: 15 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 14 Jone Naikabula, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Samisoni Tua, 11 Tomoki Osada, 10 Seungsin Lee, 9 Naoto Saito, 8 Tevita Tatafu, 7 Kanji Shimokawa, 6 Faulua Makisi, 5 Warner Dearns, 4 Michael Leitch (c), 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Mamoru Harada, 1 Takayoshi Mohara
Replacements: 16 Atsushi Sakate, 17 Takato Okabe, 18 Keijiro Tamefusa, 19 Sanaila Waqa, 20 Tiennan Costley, 21 Taiki Koyama, 22 Takuya Yamasawa, 23 Koga Nezuka

Georgia: 15 Luka Matkava, 14 Aka Tabutsadze, 13 Demur Tapladze, 12 Giorgi Kveseladze, 11 Davit Niniashvili, 10 Tedo Abzhandadze, 9 Vasil Lobzhanidze, 8 Beka Gorgadze (c), 7 Luka Ivanishvili, 6 Ilia Spanderashvili, 5 Giorgi Javakhia, 4 Mikheil Babunashvili, 3 Irakli Aptsiauri, 2 Vano Karkadze, 1 Giorgi Akhaladze
Replacements: 16 Luka Petriashvili, 17 Giorgi Mamaiashvili, 18 Alexsandre Kuntelia, 19 Lado Chachanidze, 20 Beka Saghinadze, 21 Tornike Jalaghonia, 22 Gela Aprasidze, 23 Alexander Todua

Samoa v Spain
Apia Park, Apia

Samoa: 15 Duncan Paia’aua, 14 Owen Niue, 13 Stacey Ili, 12 Danny Toala, 11 Nigel Ah Wong, 10 D’Angelo Leuila, 9 Melani Matavao, 8 Olajuwon Noa, 7 Murphy Taramai, 6 Theo McFarland, 5 Samuel Slade, 4 Ben Nee-Nee, 3 Marco Fepulea’i, 2 Sama Malolo, 1 Aki Seiuli
Replacements: 16 Andrew Tuala, 17 Tietie Tuimauga, 18 Lolani Faleiva, 19 Michael Curry, 20 Iakopo Petelo-Mapu, 21 Ereatara Enari, 22 Afa Moleli, 23 Pisi Leilua

Spain: 15 John Bell, 14 Gauthier Minguillon, 13 Martin Alonso, 12 Inaki Mateu, 11 Pau Aira, 10 Gonzalo Vinuesa, 9 Estanislao Bay, 8 Ekain Imaz, 7 Raphaël Nieto, 6 Mario Pichardie, 5 Asier Usarraga Latierro, 4 Ignacio Pineiro, 3 Lucas Santamaria, 2 Santiago Ovejero, 1 Bernardo Vazquez
Replacements: 16 Alvaro Garcia, 17 Thierry Futeu, 18 Hugo Pirlet, 19 Alejandro Suárez, 20 Vincente Boronat, 21 Pablo Perez, 22 Bautista Guemes, 23 Facundo Lopez

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