All Blacks coach Steve Hansen says he is confident that Cory Jane will be able to handle his first start in over a year if selected in the XV to be named on Thursday.

Jane ruptured his ACL prior to the 2013 Super Rugby season and has played just over one game for Wellington since then.

"A world class player who got injured, who's now come back gone through a really good rehab programme, come back and played 40 minutes then 80 minutes, which is plenty of rugby as far as we're concerned," Hansen said.

While Saturday's third Bledisloe Test is not part of The Rugby Championship schedule, it is the final hit-out for these Trans Tasman rivals before embarking on Spring Tours to Europe and Japan (All Blacks only).