Wednesday, 22 August 2018

All Blacks team naming against the Wallabies for Bledisloe II

Well, the All Blacks have named their team this morning for Bledisloe II at the fortress of Eden 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): Brodie Retallick (Hawke's Bay/Chiefs)
5 (Lock): Sam Whitelock (Canterbury/Crusaders)

BACK ROW
6 (Blindside Flanker): Liam Squire (Tasman/Highlanders)
7 (Openside Flanker): Sam Cane (Bay Of Plenty/Chiefs)
8 (Number 8): Kieran Read (Captain, Canterbury/Crusaders)

HALVES
9 (Half-back): Aaron Smith (Manawatu/Highlanders)
10 (First five eighth): Beauden Barrett (Taranaki/Hurricanes)

MIDFIELD
12 (Second five eighth): Ngani Laumape (Manawatu/Hurricanes)
13 (Centre): Jack Goodhue (Northland/Crusaders)

OUTSIDE BACKS
11 (Left Wing): Waisake Naholo (Taranaki/Highlanders)
14 (Right Wing): Ben Smith (Otago/Highlanders)
& 15 (Fullback): Jordie Barrett (Taranaki/Hurricanes)

And in the reserves are:

16. Nathan Harris
17. Karl Tu'inukuafe (Who replaces Tim Perry to shift at reserve loosehead)
18. Ofa Tu'ungafasi (Who returns from injury with Tu'inukuafe wearing the 17 jersey)
19. Scott Barrett
20. Ardie Savea
21. TJ Perenara
22. Damian McKenzie
& 23. Anton Lienert-Brown (Who remains on the bench after coming on for Ryan Crotty (Who was badly concussed but has been ruled out for this test) during the previous test).

So that is my 221st blog of the year 2018 (MMXVIII) & my 41st of this year.

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