Well, the All Blacks have all but confirmed their team to play against Tonga at Hamilton in our last test before the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan so here is the starting lineup in it's entirety:
PLAYING XV
FRONT ROW
1 (Loose head prop): Joe Moody (Crusaders/Canterbury)
2 (Hooker): Codie Taylor (Crusaders/Canterbury)
3 (Tight head prop): Nepo Laulala (Chiefs/Tasman)
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): Matt Todd (Crusaders/Canterbury)
8 (Number 8): Kieran Read (Captain, Crusaders/Canterbury)
HALVES
9 (Half-back): TJ Perenara (Hurricanes/Wellington)
10 (First five-eighth): Beauden Barrett (Blues/Taranaki)
MIDFIELD
12 (Second five-eighth): Ryan Crotty (Crusaders/Canterbury)
13 (Centre): Anton Lienert-Brown (Chiefs/Waikato)
OUTSIDE BACKS
11 (Left wing): George Bridge (Crusaders/Canterbury)
14 (Right wing): Sevu Reece (Crusaders/Waikato)
& 15 (Fullback): Ben Smith (Highlanders/Otago)
And in the reserves are:
16. Liam Coltman (Who comes into the side with Codie Taylor elevated to the starting lineup to replace Dane Coles)
17. Ofa Tu'ungafasi
18. Angus Ta'avao
19. Scott Barrett (Who returns from a 3 week ban to replace Jackson Hemopo who missed out on selection for the All Blacks 2019 Rugby World Cup squad)
20. Luke Jacobson (Who replaces Matt Todd with Todd elevated to the starting lineup to replace Sam Cane)
21. Aaron Smith (Who is dropped to the bench with TJ Perenara elevated to the starting lineup)
22. Josh Ioane (Who has replaced Ngani Laumape (Who didn't make the cut for the All Blacks 2019 Rugby World Cup squad) to make his debut off the bench (He was an unused substitute when the AB's played Argentina in Buenos Aires)
& 23. Jordie Barrett
So that is my 308th blog of the year 2019 (MMXIX) & my 48th of this year.
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