All Blacks squad naming for the Northern tour

Well, it's been a day since the All Blacks have named their squad for the upcoming Northern tour so here's the squad in its entirety:

Main squad

Forwards

Hookers

Dane Coles (Hurricanes/Wellington, 56)
Nathan Harris (Chiefs/Bay Of Plenty, 18)
Codie Taylor (Crusaders/Canterbury, 38)

Props

Owen Franks (Crusaders/Canterbury, 103)
Nepo Laulala (Chiefs/Counties Manukau, 13)
Joe Moody (Crusaders/Canterbury, 36)
Karl Tu'inukuafe (Chiefs/North Harbour, 9)
Ofa Tu'ungafasi (Blues/Auckland, 22)

Second rowers

Scott Barrett (Crusaders/Taranaki, 25)
Brodie Retallick (Chiefs/Hawke's Bay, 71)
Patrick Tuipulotu (Blues/Auckland, 19)
Sam Whitelock (Crusaders/Canterbury, 105)

Back rowers

Vaea Fifita (Hurricanes/Wellington, 7)
Dalton Papali'i (Blues/Auckland, 0)
Kieran Read (Captain, Crusaders/Counties Manukau, 114)
Ardie Savea (Hurricanes/Wellington, 22)
Liam Squire (Highlanders/Tasman, 15)
Matt Todd (Panasonic Wild Knights, 14)

Backs

Halfbacks

TJ Perenara (Hurricanes/Wellington, 51)
Aaron Smith (Highlanders/Manawatu, 79)
Te Toiroa Tahuriorangi (Chiefs/Taranaki, 1)

First five-eighths

Beauden Barrett (Hurricanes/Taranaki, 69)
Damian McKenzie (Chiefs/Waikato, 19)
Richie Mo'unga (Crusaders/Canterbury, 4)

Midfielders

Ryan Crotty (Crusaders/Canterbury, 41)
Jack Goodhue (Crusaders/Northland, 5)
Anton Lienert-Brown (Chiefs/Waikato, 30)
Sonny Bill Williams (Blues/Counties Manukau, 49)

Outside backs

Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes/Taranaki, 7)
Rieko Ioane (Blues/Auckland, 20)
Waisake Naholo (Highlanders/Taranaki, 24)
Ben Smith (Highlanders/Otago, 73)

Wider training group

Forwards

Hookers

Asafo Aumua (Hurricanes/Wellington, 0)
Liam Coltman (Highlanders/Otago, 3)

Props

Tyrel Lomax (Highlanders/Tasman, 0)

Reuben O'Neill (Taranaki, 0)

Tim Perry (Crusaders/Tasman, 5)

Angus Ta'avao (Chiefs/Taranaki, 1)

Second rowers

Luke Romano (Crusaders/Canterbury, 31)

Back rowers

Gareth Evans (Hurricanes/Hawke's Bay, 0)
Jackson Hemopo (Highlanders/Manawatu, 2)
Dillon Hunt (Highlanders/North Harbour, 0)

Luke Whitelock (Highlanders/Canterbury, 6)

Backs

Halfbacks

Mitchell Drummond (Crusaders/Canterbury, 0)
Bryn Hall (Crusaders/North Harbour, 0)

First five-eighths

Brett Cameron (Canterbury, 0)

Midfielders

David Havili (Crusaders/Tasman, 5)
Ngani Laumape (Hurricanes/Manawatu, 8)
Matt Proctor (Hurricanes/Wellington, 0)

Outside backs

George Bridge (Crusaders/Canterbury, 0)
Nehe Milner-Skudder (Hurricanes/Manawatu, 12)

So that is my 240th blog of the year 2018 (MMXVIII) & my 60th of this year.