Rotation has been temporarily relegated behind rebuilding in Graham Henry's rugby vocabulary.

In a major departure to the controversial coach's philosophy there is only one alteration to the All Blacks starting line-up for their second test of the season -- the first of two internationals against England at Eden Park on Saturday night.

The polarising player rotation policy has been shelved -- though not indefinitely -- as the coaching team attempt to reconstruct a team fairly unrecognisable from the squad that flopped at last year's World Cup.

Henry today made just two changes to the match day 22 that subdued Ireland 21-11 in Wellington last weekend.

Experienced prop Greg Somerville comes in at tighthead for his 58th test cap for the injured John Afoa while on the bench the physical attributes of Sione Lauaki have been preferred over the mobility of Adam Thomson as loose forward cover.

Somerville, who has been handed the onerous task of combating damaging English front rower Andy Sheridan, was rested last week and may have been included regardless of Afoa's knee problem.

Just one change to a starting line-up has been a rarity during the Henry regime, which reaches its 50th test on his old home ground.

On only two previous occasions has Henry made a single change to his run-on side.

Leon MacDonald replaced the injured Daniel Carter at pivot for the South African test in Dunedin in 2005, a week after the Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney.

In the previous Tri-Nations campaign, Somerville replaced Carl Hayman against the Springboks in Christchurch, seven days after the All Blacks won in Sydney.

While personnel changes in the pack are understandable, so too was the retention of a backline constrained by the appalling weather conditions at Westpac Stadium.

That means Wellington and Hurricanes midfield combination of Ma'a Nonu and Conrad Smith have another opportunity to transfer their understanding to the test arena while virtually unemployed debutant wing Anthony Tuitavake has another chance to make an impression.

Henry was loathe to dwell on the legitimacy of rotation -- a cornerstone of planning for the World Cup -- pointing out the player exodus since New Zealand's quarterfinal exit called for a more conservative approach to selection.

"It's nothing to do with rotation, it's just the circumstances we're in," Henry said.

"The team we had over the last four years had a lot of experience, played a lot of test matches together -- this team hasn't had a lot of experience.

"We're rebuilding a side now, and you cannot rebuild by making a large number of changes," he said, before defending the rotation strategy.

"The other team was built over four years and we had to build depth over the last two of those four years.

"It was an advantage to the group, it produced competition for places, it looked after people so the player welfare was taken care of."

This season Henry admits he faces the same issues over player burnout but said the loss of so many experienced heads during the off-season, plus the recent retirement of Jerry Collins and impending departure of Nick Evans, left a core of established players to stay on the treadmill in the short-term.

Captain Richie McCaw plus locks Ali Williams and Brad Thorn would also back-up next week in Christchurch despite a long season with the Crusaders.

The inclusion of Lauaki should at least add some punch off the bench with the bullocking utility loose forward primed for action after recovering from a hamstring strain.

"We want to get Sione Lauaki out there at some stage," Henry said.

"He's been on a pretty strong programme to get him in great nick. We want to get him off that programme to give him an opportunity to show his ability."

Hansen emphasised Lauaki's promotion was no reflection on last week's debutant Thomson, who logged a few minutes off the bench.

"They bring a different skill set. Adam is a penetrating runner and offloader, Sione's more of a contact runner and offloader. For this game we feel Sione is the guy to come in and do that job."

The All Blacks are braced for another tough forward battle with Henry rating the tourists' highly.

"There's a lot of quality forwards with experience around the younger guys and the first five-eighth (Charlie Hodgson) is an astute player -- he was probably the best (pivot) on the Lions tour (in 2005). There's a lot of experience around him too."

London Irish winger Topsy Ojo will make his Test debut against New Zealand on Saturday in an England team featuring a staggering 14 changes from the World Cup final.

Loose-head prop Andrew Sheridan is the only survivor from England's defeat to South Africa in Paris just eight months ago.

There are also 11 changes from England's last international, the 33-11 RBS 6 Nations win over Ireland in mid-March.

Tour manager Rob Andrew has retained only Sheridan, hooker Lee Mears, captain Steve Borthwick and scrum-half Richard Wigglesworth in a new-look England line-up.

There is no place in the starting team for Mathew Tait, with Ojo and David Strettle selected on the wings, Harlequin Mike Brown at full-back and Mike Tindall back from injury at outside centre.

Olly Barkley, omitted from Six Nations selection due to off-field issues, returns at inside centre while fly-half Charlie Hodgson starts his first Test since November 2006 in the absence of Danny Cipriani and Jonny Wilkinson.

In the back row, Luke Narraway starts only his second Test at number eight with Wasps duo Tom Rees and James Haskell named on the flanks.

Wasps lock Tom Palmer starts in the second row alongside captain Steve Borthwick and prop Matt Stevens gets his chance at tight-head alongside Sheridan and Mears.

Andrew's hand has, in part, been forced by injuries, with big name players like Cipriani, Paul Sackey, Lewis Moody, Phil Vickery, Nick Easter and Simon Shaw all in various stages of rehabilitation.

But England are also deliberately attempting to build a new team and there are two other potential new caps included on the bench in London Irish hooker David Paice and Harlequins scrum-half Danny Care.

Andrew explained that most of the changes had been brought about by retirements or injuries and that the squad was selected on form over the closing weeks of the Guinness Premiership season.

He said: ''Most of the changes from the World Cup have been caused by players retiring or being injured.

''There have been a few changes since the Six Nations, particularly in the back line, but this team has been picked on form over the last two or three months since the the end of the Six Nations.''

Ojo won a close selection vote ahead of Tom Varndell when the original squad was announced and will profit from Sackey's injury-enforced absence.

Andrew added: ''If you are looking at out-and-out wingers who have performed well over the last two months, Paul Sackey would have been here.

''The decision between Topsy and Tom Varndell was a close one as we originally explained. Tom is now here (as a replacement for Sackey).

''We believe Topsy has done enough to earn an opportunity to start for England.''

Barkley will take the goal-kicking duties in the Test at Auckland's Eden Park, rather than Hodgson who was the leading kicker in the Premiership last season.

''It is not a slight on Charlie's goalkicking but sometimes when you have a lot of things to think about in that key position, giving Charlie one less responsibility - particularly when you have such a good goal-kicker in the team as Olly - it is a good thing to do,'' he said.

New Zealand have made just one change from last weekend's 21-11 win over Ireland, with prop Greg Somerville replacing the injured John Afoa.

Rees, whose Six Nations campaign spanned just 25 minutes before he suffered a serious knee injury against Wales, has regained the openside flanker's berth from his replacement Michael Lipman.

While much has been said about the mass exodus of All Blacks before, during and after the World Cup, Andrew, who is deputising for expectant father Martin Johnson, said England had been just as adversely affected.

"Clearly they've (New Zealand) lost players since the World Cup - we've lost more in terms of the starting line-up," he said, before talking up Saturday's opposition.

"I think it's a bit of a myth about inexperience and (this being) a poor New Zealand side.

"There're lots of good quality players. They started the test series last week with a good victory in very difficult conditions. It will give them a good foundation to build on."

Andrew witnessed the All Blacks 21-11 win over Ireland last weekend and was impressed.

"They'd be pretty pleased with that as a first run out especially in the conditions.

"They pretty much dominated the set piece and the breakdown area."

He was unsurprised All Blacks coach Graham Henry today made only one change to their starting line-up in Wellington -- bringing in veteran Somerville to lock horns with Sheridan.

"We were half expecting Somerville to come back into the side particularly given the injury to (John) Afoa last week," Andrew said.

"We expected them to keep the same group of players. We think we know what's coming."

Key Battles:

GREG SOMERVILLE v ANDREW SHERIDAN

Sheridan is widely regarded as the most destructive loose-head prop in world rugby but he has never managed to wrestle an advantage over Carl Hayman. Now, Hayman is gone and Somerville is charged with keeping Sale's man mountain in check. The All Blacks believe stopping Sheridan dominating the scrum is key to their chances of victory.

RICHIE McCAW v TOM REES

The All Blacks captain was hailed this week as the best open-side ever to play the game by his coach Steve Hansen. McCaw was in inspirational form in torrid conditions against Ireland last week and has added a running dimension to his game. Rees faces the biggest challenge of his short career as he bids to get the better of his vaunted rival. It is vital for England to deny New Zealand a regular supply of quick ball, their success will live or die on Rees' shoulders.

OLLY BARKLEY v MA'A NONU

Two very different inside centres both seeking to take command of proceedings in their distinctive fashions.

Barkley is a playmaker with an astute kicking game and eye for the attacking opportunity. He will look to run the game with Charlie Hodgson and keep New Zealand on the back foot. The All Blacks will target his channel with Nonu, who is a direct ball-carrying 12 and will be used as a battering ram to give the All Blacks a surge going forward.

NEW ZEALAND

M Muliaina (Chiefs); A Tuitavake (Blues), C Smith (Hurricanes), M Nonu (Hurricanes), S Sivivatu (Chiefs); D Carter (Crusaders), A Ellis (Crusaders); N Tialata (Hurricanes), A Hore (Hurricanes), G Somerville (Crusaders), B Thorn (Crusaders), A Williams (Crusaders), R So'oialo (Hurricanes), R McCaw (Crusaders, captain), J Kaino (Blues).

Replacements: K Mealamu (Blues), J Schwalger (Hurricanes), A Boric (Blues), S Lauaki (Chiefs), J Cowan (Highlanders), S Donald (Chiefs), L MacDonald (Crusaders).

ENGLAND

M Brown (Harlequins); T Ojo (London Irish), M Tindall (Gloucester), O Barkley (Bath), D Strettle (Harlequins); C Hodgson (Sale Sharks), R Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks); A Sheridan (Sale Sharks), L Mears (Bath), M Stevens (Bath), T Palmer (Wasps), S Borthwick (Bath, captain), J Haskell (Wasps), T Rees (Wasps), L Narraway (Gloucester).

Replacements: D Paice (London Irish), T Payne (Wasps), B Kay (Leicester), J Worsley (Wasps), D Care (Harlequins), J Noon (Newcastle), M Tait (Newcastle).

Referee: N. Owens (Wales)

Touch Judges: S. Dickinson, P. Marks

TMO: G. Ayoub