All Blacks team naming against the Wallabies for Bledisloe I (2021 edition) + Tokyo Olympics update

Well, the All Blacks have named their team 2 days ago according to coach Ian Foster in the highly anticipated 1st Bledisloe Cup test as well as our 1st real test against the strong & much improved Wallabies side (Our last meeting between both sides was last year at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane during the Tri Nations in which the Wallabies won the test (The last time the All Blacks defeated the Wallabies was 9 months ago last year in the opening Tri Nations match as well as the 3rd Bledisloe Cup test in which they put the biggest winning margin that New Zealand has had against Australia in 24 years but Sam Whitelock's 100% winning record as skipper of the All Blacks is on the line tonight) despite being a man short after Wallaby back rower Lachlan Swinton got sent off for a dangerous tackle on All Black second rower Sam Whitelock along with the All Blacks who had AB's prop forward Ofa Tu'ungafasi (Who was the 5th different All Black to be shown the red card in a test match (And that is why because of the match referees are clamping down those head high tackle laws which was introduced in 2017) along with the late Cyril Brownlie, the late Sir Colin Meads, Sonny Bill Williams & Scott Barrett) red carded as well for causing a high tackle on Wallaby winger Tom Wright but a late yellow card by All Black second rower Scott Barrett cost the All Blacks a chance of winning the most recent Bledisloe Cup test that had taken place) at Eden Park (Home ground of the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman champions, the Blues in Super Rugby & the Auckland provincial team competing in the Bunnings NPC but remember the AB's have never lost at this ground since 1994 when France came there & took victory (Including French player Philippe Saint-Andre scored the winning try that was dubbed the try from the end of the world (And if the Wallabies win, it would be the end of the damn world as we know it) & also that the Wallabies had last tasted success at Eden Park which was in 1986 in which they knocked over the AB's & they haven't beaten them since but the All Blacks have never lost a test match since last years Tri Nations match against Argentina in an historic upset in Sydney) fresh off from their test series win against France last month on Australian soil in Auckland (Which will host back to back tests since New Zealand's capital, Wellington, couldn't afford to host Bledisloe II due to Wellington hit hard by issues caused by the corona virus because of the closure of the Trans-Tasman travel bubble according to the New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meaning that Australia have been hit by troubles caused by COVID-19) in what was to be All Black halfback Aaron Smith's 100th test 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): Brodie Retallick (Chiefs/Hawke's Bay)
5 (Lock): Sam Whitelock (Captain, Crusaders/Canterbury)

BACK ROW
6 (Blind side flanker): Akira Ioane (Blues/Auckland)
7 (Open side flanker): Dalton Papali'i (Blues/Counties Manukau)
8 (Number 8): Ardie Savea (Hurricanes/Wellington)

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): Rieko Ioane (Blues/Auckland)
14 (Right wing): Sevu Reece (Crusaders/Tasman)
& 15 (Fullback): Damian McKenzie (Chiefs/Waikato)

And in the reserves are:

16. Dane Coles (Who returns to the side after recovering from an injury that ruled him out in the 2nd & final test against Fiji in Hamilton)
17. Karl Tu'inukuafe (Who returns to the side from an injury to replace Ethan de Groot)
18. Angus Ta'avao
19. Scott Barrett (Who is dropped to the bench to cover at the second row position replacing Brodie Retallick who is elevated to the starting lineup to partner Sam Whitelock at the starting second row position)

20. Luke Jacobson (Who is also dropped to the bench to replace Shannon Frizell)
21. Brad Weber
22. Beauden Barrett

& 23. Jordie Barrett (Who returns to replace Rieko Ioane to cover at the utility back position with Ioane elevated to the starting lineup to start on the left wing side)

And in other rugby news such as the 3rd & deciding test at Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town with both the world champion Springboks side & the British & Irish Lions looking to close out the series in style with the series all square & are tied at 1 - 1 (Although the Springboks go into the match as favourites (2 years before South Africa's primary objective is to defend the Rugby World Cup title in France in 2023 that they won in Japan in 2019) looking to end the Lions hopes of winning the test series for the 1st time since 2013 (4 years have been passed since the test series between the All Blacks & the British & Irish Lions had ended in a draw) when they defeated Australia in a test series & in 1997 against the Springboks in which the last time the Lions triumphed & tasted success of winning the test series).

And finally there has been an update at the Olympics in Tokyo with New Zealand kayak specialist Lisa Carrington becoming our country's most successful Olympian with 5 gold medals & a bronze medal overall to her tally after dominating in the K1 200m event as well as the K2 500m event with her new partner Caitlin Regal & the K1 500m event on her own but we have now won 7 gold medals in Tokyo (The most successful Olympics to date during the modern era & 2nd most successful (And we're 1 shy of the previous best with most number of gold medals won by New Zealand at 8 in Los Angeles 1984) but there was a silver medal to dual America's Cup champions with Emirates Team New Zealand, Peter Burling & Blair Tuke after the British duo pipped them in the last minute to snatch gold from them & there was bronze to shot putter Tom Walsh after he was unable to topple the American duo of both silver medalist Joe Kovacs & now twice gold medalist Ryan Crouser (It is the same as in Rio 2016) but we are now 11th of the medal table (The People's Republic of China top the medal table just ahead of the Americans) ahead of the Canadians & behind the French not only because we have just won 19 medals (7 golds, 6 silvers & 6 bronzes) at the Tokyo Olympics so far (The most successful Olympic games because New Zealand have just broken the record with the highest medal tally at the Olympics).

So that is my 444th blog of the year 2021 (MMXXI) & my 44th of this year.