re not really bronze) are largely made from recycled materials, which is a source of pride for the team that Berbert represents. Sustainability, he sa

All Blacks coach Steve Hansen has called on Anton Lienert-Brown to plug the hole in his midfield against Australia in the second Bledisloe Cup Test at Westpac Stadium in Wellington on Saturday, the Chiefs centre named to make his Test debut at inside centre alongside Malakai Fekitoa.Lienert-Brown, 21, was called into the squad as cover following Sonny Bill Williams Achilles tendon injury at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and further injuries to incumbent No.12 Ryan Crotty, George Moala and Waisake Naholo have compelled Hansen to give Lienert-Brown his chance.He had a very good Super season with strong performances throughout, and we expect him to take the step up, Hansen said of the Christchurch-born midfielder who impressed in defence as the Chiefs overcame a string of injuries to reach the semi-finals.The world champions were plagued by injuries in their 42-8 mauling of the Wallabies in the first Bledisloe encounter, losing Crotty, Naholo and hooker Codie Taylor.Naholo has been replaced by Hurricanes winger Julian Savea in the starting XV, while Dane Coles will start from the first minute in place of Taylor. Coles, 29, played almost the full 80 minutes in Sydney despite his lingering rib complaint.The inexperienced Seta Tamanivalu and James Parsons, both called into the All Blacks set-up this week, take their places on the bench.The team otherwise retains a similar feel to that which notched up a record win on Australian soil last week.The only other changes see Joe Moody replace Wyatt Crockett as the loosehead prop, and Ben Smith swapping positions with Israel Dagg.Victory against the Wallabies will secure New Zealands 14th consecutive Bledisloe Cup success, and put them in the driving seat to reclaim the Rugby Championship.As always, the expectation we have placed on ourselves is to improve in everything we do, Hansen said.New Zealand: Ben Smith, Israel Dagg, Malakai Fekitoa, Anton Lienert-Brown, Julian Savea, Beauden Barrett, Aaron Smith, Kieran Read (capt), Sam Cane, Jerome Kaino, Samuel Whitelock, Brodie Retallick, Owen Franks, Dane Coles, Joe Moody. 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"I dont know that were close," said general manager Alex Anthopoulos. "I just think, right now, the acquisition cost just doesnt work for us right now. I dont know if I can quantify how far off or things like that that they might be but I would say we continue to have dialogue. Gold medals are the ultimate prize in Olympic sport.Theyre also a misnomer.Theres no such thing as a gold medal, not at these upcoming Rio Olympics -- and really, not ever. Second-place finishers get silver medals and oddly enough, so do the winners, albeit theirs are plated in a tiny amount of gold.That factoid caught even some of those who were put in charge of making the 5,000 or so medals needed for these Rio Games by surprise.Our operators and some of our developers had the same question, said Victor Hugo Berbert, who managed the medal-making process and was part of a team of about 100 people at the Brazilian Mint who were part of the project. We can produce medals out of pure gold. But we know how expensive they are. So gold medals ... are not exactly pure gold.Theyre barely gold at all.The medals given to champions at these Olympics will weigh just over a pound, so to make them entirely from gold would have cost about $23,500 in material, each. By taking the silver medals and then plating them in a tiny amount of Brazilian gold, the actual value of the metal inside those metals is about $600.Not that the athletes will mind.The gold medal, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky famously said at the Salt Lake Olympics in 2002 when he was executive director of the gold-winning Canadian team, is everything.Though there are a number of exceptions, its not uncommon for the medal-making process to fall to the host countrys national mint. That was the case this year, with Berbert saying it took about two years for the entire process to play itself out -- starting with discussions on design with the host organizing committee, sketches, ideas, budgeting and ultimately approval from the International Olympic Committee.The medals for the Olympics are done. Work is ongoing on the medals for the Paralympics, which follow in Brazil later this summer.We needed to develop the whole concept of the medal. We worked a lot with the committee about the art, about the design, about the materials, Berbert said.ddddddddddddWe tried to catch what they wanted to show in a Olympic medal and we took our experience, our know-how in producing medals and turn that into what they want. The art came from the committee, but our team needed to sculpt them.The gold is certified to have a certain amount of purity and is considered very high quality. The silver and bronze medals (and by the way, theyre not really bronze) are largely made from recycled materials, which is a source of pride for the team that Berbert represents. Sustainability, he said, was an important goal for the team.The silver for both the first- and second-place medals was culled in part from mirrors and plates. The bronze medals are made in part from the same copper that goes into Brazilian coin, so the mint had plenty of that to use in the Olympic project. About 40 percent of what was needed was already on hand when the process started.Even some of the plastic used in the ribbons that will be attached to the medals is recycled.Its something we dreamed of, Berbert said. When they called us, we adored the project. We really wanted to do this thing.The other obvious advantage of using the mint to make the medals is security. And every precaution is being taken to ensure that nothing goes wrong now.The mint will store the medals and basically deliver them to the organizing committee on a day-to-day basis -- the medals that will be awarded on a given day will be kept safe as can be until needed.We have special dates with the committee where they want them delivered, Berbert said. There are logistics on how to transfer them to them ... until then, we keep the medals in a safe room. But all the Olympic medals are packaged now, identified by the event and competition, all organized and ready to be delivered.Ready to be won, too. ' ' '