Wednesday, 28 October 2020

All Blacks team naming against the Wallabies for Bledisloe III

Well, after our excellent victory in the 2nd Bledisloe Cup test in Auckland to go 1 - 0 up in the Bledisloe Cup series, the All Blacks (Well, the Bledisloe is still ours if we win on Saturday night but the last time the Wallabies last held the Bledisloe Cup was in 2002 but let's hope Australia doesn't win to square the series because we are just one win away from defending the Bledisloe in Sydney but this'll be New Zealand's 1st match on Australian soil since last year where the Wallabies topple the 14 man All Blacks (Who had Scott Barrett becoming the 4th different All Black after the late Cyril Brownlie, the late Sir Colin Meads & Sonny Bill Williams (Who is now a rugby league player playing for the Sydney Roosters NRL (National Rugby League) team) to be red carded in a test match) at Optus Stadium in Perth) have named our team in our 3rd Bledisloe Cup test match against Australia as well as the opening match of the revised Rugby Championship (Only 3 teams are in it such as Argentina, Australia (The Wallabies & hosts of this years super sized Rugby Championship which is now Tri Nations Rugby) & New Zealand (The All Blacks) but the 2020 Rugby Championship season will be the 1st in history without world champions South Africa (The Springboks) involved) at ANZ Stadium in Sydney according to head coach Ian Foster so here is the starting lineup in it's entirety:

PLAYING XV

FRONT ROW
1 (Loose head prop): Karl Tu'inukuafe (Blues/North Harbour)
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): Sam Whitelock (Crusaders/Canterbury)

BACK ROW
6 (Blind side flanker): Shannon Frizell (Highlanders/Tasman)
7 (Open side flanker): Sam Cane (Captain, Chiefs/Bay Of Plenty)
8 (Number 8): Hoskins Sotutu (Blues/Auckland)

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
17. Alex Hodgman
18. Tyrel Lomax (Who returns to replace Nepo Laulala who is on paternity leave)
19. Scott Barrett
20. Dalton Papali'i (Who comes into the side to replace Hoskins Sotutu with Sotutu elevated to the starting lineup to replace Ardie Savea who is also on paternity leave just like Laulala)
21. TJ Perenara
22. Ngani Laumape (Who returns from a broken arm that he had in a Super Rugby Aotearoa match against the Crusaders to replace Peter Umaga-Jensen with Umaga-Jensen not available for selection due to a head knock sustained in the 2nd Bledisloe Cup test in Auckland)
& 23. Rieko Ioane (Who returns from injury to replace Damian McKenzie who has been left out of the match day 23)

So that is my 370th blog of the year 2020 (MMXX) & my 30th of this year.

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