All Blacks team naming against France for the 3rd test & 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia report (Part 2)

Well, the All Blacks have named their team for the 3rd test against France so here is the starting lineup in it's entirety:

FRONT ROW
1 (Loose head prop): Joe Moody (Canterbury/Crusaders)
2 (Hooker): Codie Taylor (Canterbury/Crusaders)
3 (Tight head prop): Owen Franks (Canterbury/Crusaders)

SECOND ROW
4 (Lock): Sam Whitelock (Captain, Canterbury/Crusaders)
5 (Lock): Scott Barrett (Canterbury/Crusaders)

BACK ROW
6 (Blindside Flanker): Shannon Frizell (Tasman/Highlanders)
7 (Openside Flanker): Ardie Savea (Wellington/Hurricanes)
8 (Number 8): Luke Whitelock (Canterbury/Highlanders)

HALVES
9 (Half-back): Aaron Smith (Manawatu/Highlanders)
10 (First five eighth): Damian McKenzie (Waikato/Chiefs)

MIDFIELD
12 (Second five eighth): Sonny Bill Williams (Counties Manukau/Blues)
13 (Centre): Jack Goodhue (Northland/Crusaders)

OUTSIDE BACKS
11 (Left Wing): Rieko Ioane (Auckland/Blues)
14 (Right Wing): Waisake Naholo (Taranaki/Highlanders)
& 15 (Fullback): Ben Smith (Otago/Highlanders)

And in the reserves are:

16. Liam Coltman (Who replaces Nathan Harris who had to head back home for the birth of his 1st child)
17. Karl Tu'inukuafe
18. Ofa Tu'ungafasi
19. Jackson Hemopo (Who replaces Vaea Fifita as he makes his test debut off the bench)
20. Matt Todd (Who replaces Ardie Savea who is elevated to the starting lineup)
21. TJ Perenara
22. Richie Mo'unga (Who replaces Damian McKenzie who is also elevated to the starting lineup with McKenzie replacing Beauden Barrett who is ruled out of the 3rd test due to concussion picked up in the 2nd test)
& 23. Jordie Barrett (Who is dropped to the bench with Ben Smith back to his preferred position at fullback).

And finally in FIFA World Cup news, Sweden (The ones who knocked Italy out of the FIFA World Cup) began the campaign with an all important victory against Korea Republic with a Andreas Granqvist penalty in Nizhny Novgorod followed by the star studded Belgium (Featuring the likes of Manchester City's Kevin De Bruyne & Chelsea's Eden Hazard) who had a winning start against newcomers Panama in Sochi before the English had taken victory against Tunisia with English captain Harry Kane scoring 2 goals including that match winner at the death then Japan become the 1st Asian country to defeat a South American side which is in fact Colombia in Saransk followed by Senegal who opened their campaign just like in 2002 against France with a famous victory against Robert Lewandowski's Poland in Moscow then the hosts Russia advanced through to the round of 16 with a win against Mohamed Salah's Egypt in Saint Petersburg before Portugal knocked out Morocco to go through to the round of 16 with an early goal scored by their Portuguese skipper Cristiano Ronaldo in Moscow then Uruguay (Featuring their key man Luis Suarez of FC Barcelona) clinch their place at the round of 16, winning against Saudi Arabia in Rostov before Spain defeated Iran 1 - 0 in Kazan to book their place in the round of 16 followed by the match between Denmark & Australia ended in a 1 - 1 draw (Christian Eriksen scored 1st then a penalty for the illegal use of the hand by the VAR changed things for Australia as Socceroos captain Mile Jedinak scored it from the penalty spot gave his country an equalizer) before Peru's hopes of reaching the round of 16 ended in a loss against the French who marched on by clinching a place in the round of 16 then Lionel Messi's Argentina were in further trouble, losing 3 - 0 against Luka Modric's Croatia who booked their place in the round of 16.

So that is my 209th blog of the year 2018 (MMXVIII) & my 29th of this year.