Well, after our 1st Bledisloe Cup test in Wellington ended in a draw, the All Blacks have named their team in our 2nd Bledisloe Cup test match at Eden Park in Auckland (Our last home test before the 2020 edition of the Rugby Championship (Now Tri Nations) which will be held on Australian soil (Although the world champions South Africa had to pull out of the competition (They'll miss out on defending the Rugby Championship crown in which they won last year along with the Rugby World Cup (In which they beat England in the final at Yokohama in Japan on the 2nd of November), citing fears of player welfare (They have their Super Rugby Unlocked competition there with all 4 South African Super Rugby teams take part (Such as the Bulls, Lions, Sharks & Stormers) along with the Cheetahs from the Pro 14 competition, Griquas & Pumas from the Currie Cup) meaning the competition is cut to 3 teams with Argentina, Australia & New Zealand taking part) against the strong Wallabies side who are on the verge of becoming the 1st team since France in 1994 (Including that famous try from the end of the world by a great French player named Jean-Luc Sadourny to win a test for the French) to beat the All Blacks at the garden of Eden (Remember, Australia haven't beaten us at Eden Park since 1986) so here is the starting lineup in it's entirety:
FRONT ROW
1 (Loose head prop): Joe Moody (Crusaders/Canterbury)
2 (Hooker): Dane Coles (Hurricanes/Wellington)
3 (Tight head prop): Ofa Tu'ungafasi (Blues/Auckland)
SECOND ROW
4 (Lock): Patrick Tuipulotu (Blues/Auckland)
5 (Lock): Tupou Vaa'i (Chiefs/Taranaki)
BACK ROW
6 (Blind side flanker): Shannon Frizell (Highlanders/Tasman)
7 (Open side flanker): Sam Cane (Captain, Chiefs/Bay Of Plenty)
8 (Number 8): Ardie Savea (Hurricanes/Wellington)
HALVES
9 (Half-back): Aaron Smith (Highlanders/Manawatu)
10 (First five-eighth): Richie Mo'unga (Crusaders/Canterbury)
MIDFIELD
12 (Second five-eighth): Jack Goodhue (Crusaders/Northland)
13 (Centre): Anton Lienert-Brown (Chiefs/Waikato)
OUTSIDE BACKS
11 (Left wing): Caleb Clarke (Blues/Auckland)
14 (Right wing): Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes/Taranaki)
& 15 (Fullback): Beauden Barrett (Blues/Taranaki)
And in the reserves are:
16. Codie Taylor (Who is dropped to the bench with Coles elevated to the starting lineup to start at hooker)
17. Alex Hodgman (Who makes his test debut off the bench, replacing Karl Tu'inukuafe who had a pretty average game in Wellington)
18. Nepo Laulala (Who returns to replace Tyrel Lomax after missing the 1st Bledisloe Cup test due to personal reasons)
19. Scott Barrett (Who returns from a serious injury to replace Tupou Vaa'i with Vaa'i elevated to the starting lineup to replace Sam Whitelock who is ruled out of the 2nd Bledisloe Cup test through concussion)
20. Hoskins Sotutu
21. TJ Perenara
22. Peter Umaga-Jensen (Who replaces Rieko Ioane (Who originally was set to replace Anton Lienert-Brown with Lienert-Brown elevated to the starting lineup) due to a broken hamstring to make his test debut off the bench)
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