Jerome Kaino has been recalled to the All Blacks side to face France this weekend. Photo / Getty Images Expand

Jerome Kaino has been recalled to the All Blacks side to face France this weekend. Photo / Getty Images

The All Blacks have picked their strongest available side to try to exact revenge on France, with Neemia Tialata, Jerome Kaino and Cory Jane recalled for Sunday's test in Marseille.

After seeing his entire 33-man squad during tests against Wales, Italy and England, coach Graham Henry settled on his top lineup yesterday with three changes from the 19-6 win at Twickenham.

Tighthead prop Tialata returned for Owen Franks, Kaino for Adam Thomson on the blindside flank, and one of the year's success stories Jane for rising star Zac Guildford on the right wing.

Otago lock Tom Donnelly also confirmed his status as one of the country's top-two second-rowers, in the absence of the injured Ali Williams, as he retained his spot alongside Brad Thorn.

There were some intriguing selections on the bench, with Thomson unluckily losing out to the speed of Tanerau Latimer; Franks heading John Afoa and five-eighths Stephen Donald and Luke McAlister both included.

The latter may be as insurance for Ma'a Nonu, who didn't train yesterday with a slight haematoma on his thigh suffered against England.

Assistant coach Wayne Smith insisted Nonu would be fit to play and expected he would take part in the side's final serious run late today.

It meant nine starting All Blacks returned from the season-opening 22-27 defeat to France in Dunedin in June, with the key additions of captain Richie McCaw, Kaino, Donnelly, Dan Carter, Conrad Smith and Sitiveni Sivivatu.

Dave Gallaher Trophy holders France, captained by Thierry Dusautoir, had 11 survivors from their Dunedin starting lineup as coach Marc Lievremont named a powerful side at their base outside Paris yesterday.

All three All Blacks changes were predictable, with the Kaino/Thomson duel perhaps the toughest for the coaches to split.

Kaino's physicality against the imposing French pack won him the nod after effective breakdown forager Thomson had the starting role against the Wallabies in Wellington and Tokyo, and at Twickenham.

Tialata and Jane, who became known as the Twitter Twins after they revealed on the social networking site they would be rested against England, deserved their recalls after starting consecutive tests against Australia, Wales and Italy.

"Wing/fullback is very competitive but we feel Cory has really deserved his spot. Zac's been great, Ben Smith showed a fair bit in Italy, but Cory's been consistently good so that's the way we went," Smith said.