Well, the All Blacks (Who had a disappointing test in Perth (With Scott Barrett (4th All Black to be red carded after Sonny Bill 'SBW' Williams, the late Sir Colin 'Pine Tree' Meads & the late Cyril Brownlie) sent off for an illegal shoulder charge (That's according to World Rugby's decision making framework on high tackles & shoulder charges that they introduced already) straight to the head on Wallaby captain Michael Hooper & suspended for 3 weeks after fronting up to the judiciary & Jack Goodhue getting injured & is expected to miss Bledisloe II) allowing the Springboks to capitalize & win the Rugby Championship after beating Argentina at Salta) have named their team against the Wallabies in the Bledisloe Cup decider (Let's hope that Australia don't bring home the Bledisloe since they last held the trophy way back in 2003 but don't forget that the Bledisloe Cup is on the line this weekend because it is at stake) at the garden of Eden at Eden Park in Auckland (Keep in mind for the All Blacks, we're back home & playing on home soil, the AB's has never lost at Eden Park since 1994 (France was the last team to beat them), the fans are absolutely trying to cheer them on, for all it's worth...And when they saw that in Australia, they were cheering for the Wallabies...But the Aussies have never beaten New Zealand at Eden Park since 1986 but let's hope its not Chieka time because it'll be Hansen time) so here is the starting lineup in it's entirety:
PLAYING XV
FRONT ROW
1 (Loose head prop): Joe Moody (Crusaders/Canterbury)
2 (Hooker): Dane Coles (Hurricanes/Wellington)
3 (Tight head prop): Nepo Laulala (Crusaders/Canterbury)
SECOND ROW
4 (Lock): Patrick Tuipulotu (Blues/Auckland)
5 (Lock): Sam Whitelock (Crusaders/Canterbury)
BACK ROW
6 (Blind side flanker): Ardie Savea (Hurricanes/Wellington)
7 (Open side flanker): Sam Cane (Chiefs/Bay Of Plenty)
8 (Number 8): Kieran Read (Captain, Crusaders/Counties Manukau)
HALVES
9 (Half-back): Aaron Smith (Highlanders/Manawatu)
10 (First five-eighth): Richie Mo'unga (Crusaders/Canterbury)
MIDFIELD
12 (Second five-eighth): Sonny Bill Williams (Blues/Counties Manukau)
13 (Centre): Anton Lienert-Brown (Chiefs/Waikato)
OUTSIDE BACKS
11 (Left wing): George Bridge (Crusaders/Canterbury)
14 (Right wing): Sevu Reece (Crusaders/Canterbury)
& 15 (Fullback): Beauden Barrett (Hurricanes/Taranaki)
And in the reserves are:
16. Codie Taylor
17. Ofa Tu'ungafasi (Who returns to replace Atu Moli as reserve loose head prop)
18. Angus Ta'avao
19. Jackson Hemopo (Who returns to replace Patrick Tuipulotu with Tuipulotu elevated to the starting lineup to replace the suspended Scott Barrett)
20. Matt Todd
21. TJ Perenara
22. Ngani Laumape
& 23. Jordie Barrett (Who also returns to replace George Bridge with Bridge elevated to the starting lineup to replace Rieko Ioane due to Ioane's form is dwindling)
So that is my 303rd blog of the year 2019 (MMXIX) & my 43rd of this year.
P.S. And I have my decision to record the Jonah Lomu miniseries so I can watch it next year but this mini series is about the life & times of the late great rugby player Jonah Lomu (Yes, the one who was born in Greenlane & lived in Mangere with his parents & went to Favona Primary School then at the famous rugby school of Wesley College (Stephen Donald, Malakai Fekitoa, Charles Piutau & Sekope Kepu were the old boys who went to that secondary school) but his 1st real job was a bank teller at ASB Bank (Well, he has a manager who is from Wales who goes by the name of Phil Kingsley Jones (He has a son who is a rugby coach named Kingsley Jones) before becoming a famous rugby player (Well, he always played on the wing because a position of wing is one of the fastest players in a rugby team) who played for Counties Manukau & Wellington provincial teams as well as the Blues, Chiefs & Hurricanes Super Rugby franchises & famously played for the All Blacks (He played the famous black jersey 63 times & scored 37 tries as well as playing both Rugby World Cup tournaments in 1995 & 1999 but never won one of them) but his life on and off the field had been affected with a kidney disease which haunted him forever until his passing nearly 4 years ago & he was married 3 times (One to a South African named Tanya Rutter which Jonah's parents did not agree then Fiona Taylor & Nadene Quirk until his passing (He has both kids with Nadene named Brayley & Dhyreille) but it was really interesting as I got to read the book about Jonah Lomu like at 2:00am in the morning.
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