Wednesday, 6 September 2017

Falling Down/Zombie: All Blacks starting lineup against Argentina (+ An email with my cousin Paige Williams)

Well, the All Blacks have named their team to take on Argentina for round 3 of the Rugby Championship at Yarrow Stadium in New Plymouth so here is the starting lineup:

FRONT ROW
1 (Loose head prop): Joe Moody (Canterbury/Crusaders)
2 (Hooker): Dane Coles (Wellington/Hurricanes)
3 (Tight head prop): Nepo Laulala (Counties Manukau/Chiefs)

SECOND ROW
4 (Lock): Luke Romano (Canterbury/Crusaders)
5 (Lock): Brodie Retallick (Hawke's Bay/Chiefs)

BACK ROW
6 (Blindside Flanker): Vaea Fifita (Wellington/Hurricanes)
7 (Openside Flanker): Ardie Savea (Wellington/Hurricanes)
8 (Number 8): Kieran Read (Captain, Counties Manukau/Crusaders)

HALVES
9 (Half-back): TJ Perenara (Wellington/Hurricanes)
10 (First five eighth): Beauden Barrett (Taranaki/Hurricanes)

MIDFIELD
12 (Second five eighth): Sonny Bill Williams (Counties Manukau/Blues)
13 (Centre): Anton Lienert-Brown (Waikato/Chiefs)

OUTSIDE BACKS
11 (Left Wing): Nehe Milner-Skudder (Manawatu/Hurricanes)
14 (Right Wing): Israel Dagg (Hawke's Bay/Crusaders)
& 15 (Fullback): Damian McKenzie (Waikato/Chiefs)

And in the reserves are:

16. Codie Taylor
17. Wyatt Crockett (Who comes back to the fold after recovering from concussion)
18. Ofa Tu'ungafasi
19. Scott Barrett
20. Sam Cane (Who will start on the bench after returning from concussion with Ardie Savea elevated to the starting lineup)
21. Tawera Kerr-Barlow (Replaces Perenara who is elevated to the starting lineup to replace Aaron Smith who is being rested)
22. Lima Sopoaga
& 23. Ngani Laumape (Who replaces Lienert-Brown who is also elevated to the starting lineup to replace Ryan Crotty who is also being rested).

So that is my 141st blog of the year 2017 (MMXVII) & my 61st this year.

P.S. And Paige has sent me an email so here's her message in it's full entirety:

Hi Whetu,

Sorry for the late reply I have been very busy and don't often check this email address as I have a seperate work one as well.

How are you? What have you been up to?

When I was 20 I worked at Kiwibank doing a customer service role in the call center.

And yes Jarrod owns a Xbox 360 and an Xbox One he doesnt have a playstation though!

Hope you are having a good day.

Lots of love, Paige xx

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