Wednesday, 4 November 2020

All Blacks team naming against the Wallabies for Bledisloe IV

Well, after another superb win in the 3rd Bledisloe Cup test in Sydney to successfully retain the Bledisloe for another year, the All Blacks have named our team in our 4th & final Bledisloe Cup test match against Australia (It's been over a year since the Wallabies last beat New Zealand but can they regroup & finally get their 1st win against us? We'll see (And the All Blacks have never lost a test match since last year's Rugby World Cup semifinal against England (A victory against Wales in the 3rd & 4th place playoff in Tokyo at last years RWC then a draw in Wellington & 2 straight wins against Australia in both Auckland & Sydney (In which we retained the Bledisloe (The famous rugby trophy contested between the gold of Australia & the All Black of New Zealand (And it was named after the governor general of New Zealand, Lord Bledisloe) this year) as well as the 2nd match of the Tri Nations at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane (Australia won the last encounter against us in Brisbane 3 years ago but the last time the AB's tasted victory against the Wallabies in Brisbane was in 2014 where Malakai Fekitoa scored a try to level the scores with a kick to come before Colin Slade brought it home with the game winning conversion to seal a famous come from behind victory) 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): Codie Taylor (Crusaders/Canterbury)
3 (Tight head prop): Ofa Tu'ungafasi (Blues/Auckland)

SECOND ROW
4 (Lock): Scott Barrett (Crusaders/Taranaki)
5 (Lock): Sam Whitelock (Crusaders/Canterbury)

BACK ROW
6 (Blind side flanker): Akira Ioane (Blues/Auckland)
7 (Open side flanker): Sam Cane (Captain, Chiefs/Bay Of Plenty)
8 (Number 8): Ardie Savea (Hurricanes/Wellington)

HALVES
9 (Half-back): TJ Perenara (Hurricanes/Wellington)
10 (First five-eighth): Beauden Barrett (Blues/Taranaki)

MIDFIELD
12 (Second five-eighth): Ngani Laumape (Hurricanes/Manawatu)
13 (Centre): Anton Lienert-Brown (Chiefs/Waikato)

OUTSIDE BACKS
11 (Left wing): Rieko Ioane (Blues/Auckland)
14 (Right wing): Sevu Reece (Crusaders/Tasman)
& 15 (Fullback): Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes/Taranaki)

And in the reserves are:

16. Asafo Aumua (Who comes into the side to make his test debut off the bench replacing Codie Taylor with Taylor elevated to the starting lineup replacing Dane Coles who is rested for this game)
17. Alex Hodgman
18. Tyrel Lomax
19. Patrick Tuipulotu (Who is dropped to the bench to replace Scott Barrett (Who had a good performance in the previous match after coming off the bench) with Scott Barrett promoted to the starting lineup to replace Tuipulotu)
20. Cullen Grace (Who comes into the side to replace Dalton Papali'i to also make his test debut off the bench)
21. Brad Weber (Who also comes into the side replacing TJ Perenara with Perenara elevated to the starting lineup replacing Aaron Smith who is rested for this match along with Coles)
22. Damian McKenzie (Who returns after being left out of the match day 23 the previous test replacing Ngani Laumape with Laumape elevated to the starting lineup in which he had a good performance after returning from a broken arm that he sustained during a Super Rugby Aotearoa match for the Hurricanes against the Crusaders, replacing Jack Goodhue (Who is rested just like Coles & Smith)
& 23. Will Jordan (Who has replaced Rieko Ioane in line for a test debut off the bench with Ioane promoted to the starting lineup after a good performance in Sydney (In which he scored a try in the match after returning from a hamstring injury), replacing Caleb Clarke (Who is also rested along with Coles, Smith & Goodhue)

So that is my 373rd blog of the year 2020 (MMXX) & my 33rd of this year.

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