Well, after missing out on a win against the Wallabies after New Zealand prop forward Ofa Tu'ungafasi (Who had been suspended by the citing commissioner for 3 weeks meaning that his Tri Nations season is over as well as a Super Rugby Aotearoa preseason match for the Blues (He'll return when the Blues play the Hurricanes in the opening Super Rugby Aotearoa match on the 27th of February) got sent off for a careless head high tackle (Remember that high tackles aren't playing their part of rugby due to a framework of a high shot being in place according to the sport's governing body World Rugby & it's time to move on) on try scorer Tom Wright along with Wallaby Lachlan Swinton (Who had to serve 4 weeks as a result of a reckless contact straight to the head on Sam Whitelock) in the 4th & final Bledisloe Cup test in Brisbane, the All Blacks have named our team against Argentina (The last meeting between both sides was last year in Buenos Aires where the Argentinians almost made history but the AB's ran out the victors in a close encounter in the opening Rugby Championship match last year but the last time Argentina played international rugby was at the final pool game at last years Rugby World Cup against the United States in which they were dominant (Although they missed out a place in the quarterfinal with England & France (Argentina's opponents that they lost to) booked their place in the quarterfinal in Pool C) & they haven't played a lot of international rugby since the pandemic began) in the 3rd match of the Tri Nations at Bankwest Stadium in Sydney according to head coach Ian Foster 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): Tyrel Lomax (Hurricanes/Tasman)
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): 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 Dane Coles returning to the starting lineup)
17. Alex Hodgman
18. Nepo Laulala (Who returns to the side to replace Tyrel Lomax with Lomax elevated to the starting lineup to replace the suspended Ofa Tu'ungafasi)
19. Tupou Vaa'i (Who comes into the side to replace Patrick Tuipulotu with Tuipulotu elevated to the starting lineup to replace Scott Barrett (Who got yellow carded during the previous match)
21. Brad Weber
22. Rieko Ioane (Who is also dropped to the bench with Caleb Clarke returning to the starting lineup as well)
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