Thursday, 4 October 2018

All Blacks team naming against the Springboks (Part 2)

Well, the All Blacks have named their team against the dominant South Africa side (Featuring the likes of both danger men such as world class hooker Malcolm Marx (Master of line outs, the breakdown (He used to do that during his schoolboy 1st XV rugby days) & an obvious try scorer from the rolling maul (That is one of South Africa's key components & main strengths at the moment) & pace man Aphiwe Dyantyi (A speedy winger who can deliver great tries but his pace is the same as a fast bowler in cricket as well as an Olympic athlete or more like a former athletic sprint champion) at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria in the final round of the 2018 Rugby Championship season (Well, we are hungry & confident for some payback (But the big question is can we get it done right? And can we overcome the Wellington nightmare (Well, we were down & out that is for sure) that we suffered the last time both teams have met?) so here is the starting lineup in it's entirety:

FRONT ROW
1 (Loose head prop): Karl Tu'inukuafe (North Harbour/Chiefs)
2 (Hooker): Codie Taylor (Canterbury/Crusaders)
3 (Tight head prop): Owen Franks (Canterbury/Crusaders)

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

BACK ROW
6 (Blindside Flanker): Shannon Frizell (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): Sonny Bill Williams (Counties Manukau/Blues)
13 (Centre): Ryan Crotty (Canterbury/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. Nathan Harris
17. Tim Perry
18. Ofa Tu'ungafasi (Who is back on the bench from the starting lineup to replace Angus Ta'avao)
19. Patrick Tuipulotu
20. Ardie Savea (Who is also back on the bench from the starting lineup to replace Jackson Hemopo)
21. TJ Perenara (Who is dropped to the bench with Aaron Smith back in the starting lineup)
22. Richie Mo'unga
& 23. Anton Lienert-Brown (Who has replaced Jack Goodhue (Who had to pull out of the match day 23 due to sickness) with Crotty being promoted to the starting lineup after Lienert-Brown was originally being left out of the match day 23).

So that is my 236th blog of the year 2018 (MMXVIII) & my 56th of this year.

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