All Blacks team naming against Fiji (2021 edition, part 2)

Well, the All Blacks have named their team today according to coach Ian Foster in the 2nd & final test against Fiji (Our last meeting between both sides was 5 days ago in which we walloped the Fijians (Whose loose forward department had been dominant in the 1st half before Coles came on & dominated the 2nd half for New Zealand) at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin with Dane Coles picking up 4 tries after coming on from the bench to replace regular hooker Codie Taylor) at FMG Stadium Waikato (Home ground of the Chiefs in Super Rugby & the Waikato provincial team competing in the Bunnings NPC) in Hamilton so here is the starting lineup in it's entirety:

PLAYING XV

FORWARD PACK

FRONT ROW
1 (Loose head prop): George Bower (Crusaders/Otago)
2 (Hooker): Codie Taylor (Crusaders/Canterbury)
3 (Tight head prop): Nepo Laulala (Blues/Counties Manukau)

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

BACK ROW
6 (Blind side flanker): Akira Ioane (Blues/Auckland)
7 (Open side flanker): Ardie Savea (Hurricanes/Wellington)
8 (Number 8): Luke Jacobson (Chiefs/Waikato)

BACK LINE

HALVES
9 (Half-back): Aaron Smith (Highlanders/Manawatu)
10 (First five-eighth): Richie Mo'unga (Crusaders/Canterbury)

MIDFIELD
12 (Second five-eighth): David Havili (Crusaders/Tasman)
13 (Centre): Anton Lienert-Brown (Chiefs/Waikato)

OUTSIDE BACKS
11 (Left wing): Sevu Reece (Crusaders/Tasman)
14 (Right wing): Will Jordan (Crusaders/Tasman)
& 15 (Fullback): Damian McKenzie (Chiefs/Waikato)

And in the reserves are:

16. Dane Coles
17. Ethan de Groot
18. Angus Ta'avao (Who returns to the side on the bench to replace Tyrel Lomax to cover the tight head prop position)
19. Brodie Retallick (Who is dropped to the bench to cover at the second row position (With AB's skipper Sam Whitelock elevated to the starting lineup to start at second row as well as captaining the side), replacing Patrick Tuipulotu)

20. Shannon Frizell (Who is also dropped to the bench to make way for Akira Ioane to start at blind side flanker, replacing Luke Jacobson who is elevated to the starting lineup to replace Hoskins Sotutu at number 8)
21. Brad Weber (Who returns to replace Finlay Christie to cover at halfback)
22. Beauden Barrett (Who is dropped to the bench after starting at first five against the Fijians, replacing Damian McKenzie who is elevated to the starting lineup to replace Jordie Barrett)

& 23. Rieko Ioane (Who is also dropped to the bench to also make way for the returning Anton Lienert-Brown (Who has recovered after missing the 1st 2 tests with a serious elbow injury) to start at centre)

And in other rugby news such as France (Who'll face the All Blacks in the opening match of the 2023 Rugby World Cup) finally win a test match on Australian soil in 31 years as they defeated the Wallabies to square the ledger in the 3 match test series at AAMI Park in Melbourne (Well, Victoria may be heading to a state of emergency shutdown again (Compared to the Australian state of New South Wales which has gone from bad to worse) after the confirmed number of corona virus cases has increased compared to England or the UK easing the restrictions that they had) then South Africa A hand the British & Irish Lions their 1st defeat in which they won the match by 4 points during the Lions rugby tour to South Africa disrupted by COVID-19 at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town.

So that is my 437th blog of the year 2021 (MMXXI) & my 57th of this year.