Well, another great win by the AB's over the Wallabies under the roof in Bledisloe II at Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin with that match winning penalty goal scored by none other than Richie Mo'unga (The departing All Black along with 7 others like Beauden Barrett, Dane Coles, Shannon Frizell, Brodie Retallick (Who is nursing an injury which keeps him out for 4 to 6 weeks including both the South Africa & France game), Aaron Smith, Codie Taylor & Sam Whitelock with tons of experience that will be sorely missed by next year) in our last Aotearoa test of 2023 (Including Australia who led at 17 - 3 at halftime) then we play the world champion Springboks side again at Twickenham in London, England, in part 2 of international rugby's most storied rivalry as well as our last test before the Rugby World Cup, but New Zealand's 33 man squad for RWC 2023 has been revealed over at Napier in Hawke's Bay, in which the region had been impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle 6 months ago so here is the squad that had been announced in full:
Hookers:
Dane Coles (Hurricanes / Wellington)
Codie Taylor (Crusaders / Canterbury)
Samisoni Taukei’aho (Chiefs / Waikato)
Props:
Ethan de Groot (Highlanders / Southland)
Nepo Laulala (Blues / Counties Manukau)
Tyrel Lomax (Hurricanes / Tasman)
Fletcher Newell (Crusaders / Canterbury)
Ofa Tu’ungafasi (Blues / Northland)
Tamaiti Williams (Crusaders / Canterbury)
Locks:
Scott Barrett (Crusaders / Taranaki)
Brodie Retallick (Chiefs / Hawkes Bay)
Tupou Vaa’i (Chiefs / Taranaki)
Sam Whitelock (Crusaders / Canterbury)
Loose forwards:
Sam Cane (Captain, Chiefs / Bay of Plenty)
Shannon Frizell (Highlanders / Tasman)
Luke Jacobson (Chiefs / Waikato)
Dalton Papali’i (Blues / Counties Manukau)
Ardie Savea (Hurricanes / Wellington)
Halfbacks:
Finlay Christie (Blues / Tasman)
Cam Roigard (Hurricanes / Counties Manukau)
Aaron Smith (Highlanders / Manawatu)
First-five eighths:
Beauden Barrett (Blues / Taranaki)
Damian McKenzie (Chiefs / Waikato)
Richie Mo’unga (Crusaders / Canterbury)
Midfielders:
Jordie Barrett (Hurricanes / Taranaki)
David Havili (Crusaders / Tasman)
Rieko Ioane (Blues / Auckland)
Anton Lienert-Brown (Chiefs / Waikato)
Outside backs:
Caleb Clarke (Blues / Auckland)
Leicester Fainga’anuku (Crusaders / Tasman)
Will Jordan (Crusaders / Tasman)
Emoni Narawa (Chiefs / Bay of Plenty)
Mark Telea (Blues / North Harbour)
And the latest on the Football Women's World Cup as here are the results of the round of 16 that just come in:
Switzerland 1 - 5 Spain
Japan 3 - 1 Norway
Netherlands 2 - 0 South Africa
Sweden 0 (5) - 0 (4) United States
England 0 (4) - 0 (2) Nigeria
Australia 2 - 0 Denmark
Colombia 1 - 0 Jamaica
& France 4 - 0 Morocco
And finally here are the confirmed matches being played in the quarter finals in this years Football Women's World Cup tournament:
Spain Vs Netherlands
Japan Vs Sweden
Australia Vs France
& England Vs Colombia
So that is my 513th blog of the year 2023 (MMXXIII) & my 37th of this year, viva Ukraine.
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