All Blacks team naming against Fiji (2021 edition, part 1)

Well, the All Blacks (Who completely annihilated the Tongans in a blow out by 102 points with Will Jordan easily being the top performer of the game scoring 5 tries) have named their team today according to coach Ian Foster in the 1st of the 2 match test series against Fiji (Our last meeting between the 2 sides was a decade ago in which we thrashed them, bidding our farewell at the old Carisbrook ground before Forsyth Barr Stadium was opened) at Forsyth Barr Stadium (Home ground of the Highlanders in Super Rugby & the Otago provincial team competing in the Bunnings NPC) in Dunedin 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): Patrick Tuipulotu (Blues/Auckland)
5 (Lock): Brodie Retallick (Chiefs/Hawke's Bay)

BACK ROW
6 (Blind side flanker): Shannon Frizell (Highlanders/Tasman)
7 (Open side flanker): Ethan Blackadder (Crusaders/Tasman)
8 (Number 8): Hoskins Sotutu (Blues/Counties Manukau)

BACK LINE

HALVES
9 (Half-back): Aaron Smith (Captain, Highlanders/Manawatu)
10 (First five-eighth): Beauden Barrett (Blues/Taranaki)

MIDFIELD
12 (Second five-eighth): David Havili (Crusaders/Tasman)
13 (Centre): Rieko Ioane (Blues/Auckland)

OUTSIDE BACKS
11 (Left wing): George Bridge (Crusaders/Canterbury)
14 (Right wing): Sevu Reece (Crusaders/Tasman)
& 15 (Fullback): Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes/Taranaki)

And in the reserves are:

16. Dane Coles (Who is dropped to the bench, replacing Hurricanes & Wellington teammate Asafo Aumua to make way for Codie Taylor to start at hooker)
17. Ethan de Groot (Who has replaced George Bower (Who is elevated to the starting lineup to replace Karl Tu'inukuafe as the starting loose head prop) to make his test debut off the bench)
18. Tyrel Lomax
19. Sam Whitelock (Who is also dropped to the bench to cover at the second row position after captaining the last All Blacks test against Tonga with Patrick Tuipulotu elevated to the starting lineup to replace Scott Barrett)

20. Luke Jacobson (Who is dropped to the bench to also make way for Hoskins Sotutu to start at number 8)
21. Finlay Christie
22. Damian McKenzie (Who is also dropped to the bench after starting at fullback against the Tongans)

& 23. Will Jordan (The 5 try hero against Tonga who is also dropped to the bench making way for Sevu Reece (One of 3 All Blacks with Fijian roots along with George Bower & Hoskins Sotutu) to start at the right wing)

So that is my 433rd blog of the year 2021 (MMXXI) & my 53rd of this year.

P.S. And in other international rugby news such as the Wallabies came out of nowhere as they got out of jail when they took victory against France (Whose chances for victory ended in heartbreak) in the 1st test of a 3 match test series in Brisbane with a match winning penalty goal by Noah Lolesio right in front of the sticks in which they had to bring it home in the end (Well, it gives you Handre Pollard vibes when South Africa reached the 2019 Rugby World Cup final with a game winning penalty goal at the death to bring it home against Wales in the semifinal) followed by the British & Irish Lions thump the Cell C Sharks in a tour match at Ellis Park in Johannesburg with both players scoring hat-tricks such as Welshman Josh Adams & South African born Scotsman Duhan van der Merwe.

And finally there are 2 rock music (The only music genre that I love) genres that I love now, alternative rock (Known as alt rock) & heavy metal of course as I told Andy during a conversation at a bar at Kingsgate.