Wales squad selector: Your starting XV to play New Zealand

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Taulupe FaletauImage source, Ben Evans/Huw Evans Agency
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Taulupe Faletau was the most popular choice, named in 94.9% of selections

Autumn Nations Series: Wales v New Zealand

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Saturday, 5 November Kick-off: 15:15 BST

Coverage: Commentary on BBC Radio Cymru and updates on BBC Radio Wales; live text commentary on BBC Sport website & app

BBC Sport website users are hoping Gareth Anscombe, Josh Adams, Leigh Halfpenny, George North and Taulupe Faletau are fit enough to return to the Wales side against New Zealand.

You also want to see the recall of senior players Ken Owens and Justin Tipuric for Saturday's Test.

Voters in our online poll are not looking to see any new caps in the starting XV when Wayne Pivac names his side at 12:30 GMT on Thursday.

Anscombe is your choice at fly-half.

You would give the Osprey's stand-off his first start in a month in the absence of injured Dan Biggar, with 58.32% opting for Anscombe ahead of veteran Cardiff outside half Rhys Priestland (36.17%).

Pivac has been monitoring the fitness of a number of players who have suffered injury concerns in recent weeks and also has a lengthy unavailable list.

Anscombe also polled 12% support at full-back where the overwhelming choice was Halfpenny (87.64%).

Most of the positions behind the scrum and in the front five were clear-cut, the one exception being the back row.

While Faletau was number eight in more than nine out of 10 selections and Tipuric picked up backing of 87.11%, Tommy Reffell was unlucky to miss out.

The Leicester flanker picked up more overall votes than Dan Lydiate, but when broken down into position the Lions loose-forward gets your place at blind-side with Tipuric at seven.

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You can still pick your XV but your selections won't be counted towards the result - don't forget to share your picks on social media using #bbcrugby.

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