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Celebration will be on the minds of both sides when the All Blacks play Scotland at Murrayfield in Edinburgh on Sunday [NZT].

Becoming a consistent go-to man in the All Blacks lineout has elevated first-season Test lock Fabian Holland to new heights in his game, and Saturday in Perth for the second Lipovitan-D Rugby Championship Test against Australia is another challenge.

Three disallowed All Blacks tries, relentless French defence, and TMO interventions throughout all combined to continue the special rivalry between the two sides before New Zealand achieved its 500th Test victory in the first Lipovitan-D series clash in Dunedin on Saturday.

Blending the introduction of new players with the need to find early cohesion in their first Test of the year is the challenge for the All Blacks as they enter their first Lipovitan-D Test against France in Dunedin on Saturday.

All Blacks selectors Scott Robertson, Scott Hansen and Jason Ryan have named their team to play France in the first match of the three-test Lipovitan-D July Series at Forysth Barr Stadium in Dunedin.