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Sport in Short: Rugby Union

NEW ZEALAND recall the No 8 forward, Zinzan Brooke, and give a first cap to the flanker, Kevin Schuler, for tomorrow's second Test against Australia in Brisbane. Aaron Pene stands by to play blind-side flanker if Jamie Joseph fails to recover from a hamstring injury. New Zealand are one down in the three Test series against the world champions.

AUSTRALIA (v New Zealand, Second Test, tomorrow, Brisbane): M Roebuck; P Carozza, J Little, T Horan, D Campese; M Lynagh, N Farr-Jones (capt); S Scott-Young, D Wilson, T Coker, J Eales, R McCall, E McKenzie, P Kearns, T Daly.

NEW ZEALAND: J Timu; J Kirwan, F Bunce, W Little, V Tuigamala; G Fox, A Strachan; Z Brooke, K Schuler, A Pene or J Joseph, R Brooke, I Jones, O Brown, S Fitzpatrick (capt), R Loe.

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