RC Team Selection

...All Blacks team to play Australia at ANZ Stadium on Saturday (caps in brackets):

1. Joe Moody (28)
2. Codie Taylor (19)
3. Owen Franks (94)
4. Brodie Retallick (64)
5. Samuel Whitelock (88)
6. Liam Squire (9)
7. Sam Cane (44)
8. Kieran Read (100) - captain
9. Aaron Smith (62)
10. Beauden Barrett (53)
11. Rieko Ioane (5)
12. Sonny Bill Williams (36)
13. Ryan Crotty (27)
14. Ben Smith (62) 
15. Damian McKenzie (2)

Reserves: 16. Nathan Harris (8), 17. Wyatt Crockett (62),

 18. Ofa Tu'ungafasi (4), 19. Luke Romano (26), 

20. Ardie Savea (16), 21. TJ Perenara (33), 

22. Lima Sopoaga (7), 23. Anton Lienert-Brown (13)

 Australia

15 Israel Folau, 14 Henry Speight, 13 Samu Kerevi, 

12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Curtis Rona, 10 Bernard Foley,

 9 Will Genia, 8 Sean McMahon, 7 Michael Hooper (captain),

 6 Ned Hanigan, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Rory Arnold,

 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2-Stephen Moore, 1 Scott Sio

Substitutes: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 Tom Robertson, 

18 Sekope Kepu, 19 Rob Simmons, 20 Lopeti Timani, 

21 Nick Phipps, 22 Reece Hodge, 23 Tevita Kuridrani

 
I thought Stephen Moore had retired.

The Ozzies don't have a bad team ... on paper that is.

Seems their idiot coach doesn't know how to bring them together as unit. A whole lot of individuals trying to do it on the own.

Look forward to the Folau .. Mc Kenzie clash.

Decent sides. NZ have the better front row and tight five though. So I expect Nz by 15 points.

 Argentina

15 Joaquin Tuculet; 14 Ramiro Moyano, 13 Matias Orlando, 

12 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 11 Emiliano Boffelli; 

10 Nicolas Sanchez,

 9 Martin Landajo; 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Tomas Lezana,

 6 Pablo Matera; 5 Tomas Lavanini, 

4 Guido Petti; 3 Enrique Pieretto, 

2 Agustin Creevy (captain), 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro

Replacements : Julian Montoya, Lucas Noguera, Ramiro Herrera, 

Marcos Kremer, Javier Ortega Desio, Tomas Cubelli, 

Juan Martin Hernandez, Matias Moroni