Team Selection - Round 2 - Rugby Championship

New Zealand  vs  Auatralia

New Zealand

15  Damian McKenzie, 14  Ben Smith, 13  Ryan Crotty, 12  Sonny Bill Williams, 11  Rieko Ioane, 10  Beauden Barrett, 9  Aaron Smith, 8  Kieran Read (c), 7  Sam Cane, 6  Liam Squire, 5  Sam Whitelock, 4  Brodie Retallick, 3  Nepo Laulala, 2  Dane Coles, 1  Joe Moody

Replacements  :  16  Codie Taylor, 17  Kane Hames, 18 Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 19  Scott Barrett, 20  Ardie Savea, 21  TJ Peranara,  22  Lima Sopoaga, 23 Anton Lienart-Brown 

Australia

15  Israel  Folau,  14  Dane Haylett-Petty, 13  Tevita  Kuridrani, 12  Kurtley Beale, 11  Henry Speight, 10  Bernard Foley, 9  Will Genia, 8  Sean McMahon, 7  Michael Hooper (c), 6  Ned Hanigan, 5  Adam Coleman, 4  Rob Simmons, 3  Allan Alaalatoa, 2  Stephen Moore, 1  Scott Sio

Replacements  :     16  Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17  Tom Robertson, 18  Sekope  Kepu,  19   Rory Arnold, 20  Lopeti  Timani/Jack Dempsey, 21  Nick Phipps, 22  Reece Hodge, 23  Curtis Rona

Argentina  vs   South  Africa

Argentina

15  Joaquin Tuculet, 14  Ramiro Moyano, 13  Matias Orlando, 12  Jeronimo de la Fuente, 11  Emiliano Boffelli, 10  Juan Martin Hernandez, 9  Tomas Cubelli, 8  Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 7  Tomas Lezana, 6  Pablo Matera, 5  Tomas Lavanini, 4  Matías Alemanno, 3  Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustin Creevy (c), 1  Lucas Noguera

Replacements   : 16  Julian Montoya, 17  Santiago García Botta, 18  Enrique Pieretto, 19  Marcos Kremer, 20  Javier Ortega Desio, 21  Martin Landajo, 22  Nicolas Sanchez, 23  Matias Moroni

South  Africa

15  Andries Coetzee, 14  Raymond Rhule, 13  Jesse Kriel, 12  Jan Serfontein, 11  Courtnall Skosan, 10  Elton Jantjies, 9  Francois Hougaard, 8  Uzair Cassiem, 7  Jaco Kriel, 6  Siya Kolisi, 5  Franco Mostert, 4  Eben Etzebeth (c), 3  Coenie Oosthuizen, 2  Malcolm Marx, 1  Beast Mtawarira

 Replacements  :   16  Bongi Mbonambi, 17  Steven Kitshoff, 18  Trevor Nyakane, 19  Pieter-Steph Du Toit, 20  Jean-Luc du Preez, 21  Rudy Paige, 22  Curwin Bosch, 23  Damian de Allende

All Blacks: 1. Joe Moody 2. Dane Coles 3. Owen Franks 4. Brodie Retalluck 5. Sam Whitelock 6. Liam Squire 7. Sam Cane 8. Kieran Read (c) 9. Aaron Smith 10. Beuadan Barrett 11. Reiko Ioane 12. Sonny Bill Williams 13. Ryan Crotty 14. Ben Smith 15. Damian Mckenzie 16. Codie Taylor 17. Kane Hames 18. Ofa Tu'ungafasi 19. Scott Barrett 20. Ardie Savea 21. TJ Peranara 22. Lima Sopoga 23. Anton Lienart-Brown

 Good to see Coles back & having Scott Barrett as the bench lock will mean we have more speed at lock. ABs are gradually building up their props with Hames and Tu'ungfasi on the bench.

 Luke
Thanks - I have updated the team.  However, your posting has disrupted the margins of the thread.   Do us a favour and just delete your posting.

 JW 
You may be the culprit in disrupting the margins in this case.   I have made the changes as shown above, but please remove the content of your contribution as shown above.

 CleverMike, I deleted my post.

FYI I don't think Toomaga Allen is on the bench. He's just been brought in as a replacement in the squad. Ofa is still on the bench. If someone can correct me.

 Luke
I think you are correct and has changed the team as suggested by you.

SA goats updated  

Argentina: 15 Joaquin Tuculet, 14 Ramiro Moyano, 13 Matias Orlando, 12 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 11 Emiliano Boffelli, 10 Juan Martin Hernandez, 9 Tomas Cubelli, 8 Juan Manuel Leguizamón, 7 Tomas Lezana, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Matías Alemanno, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustin Creevy (c), 1 Lucas Noguera

Replacements: 16 Julian Montoya, 17 Santiago García Botta, 18 Enrique Pieretto, 19 Marcos Kremer, 20 Javier Ortega Desio, 21 Martin Landajo, 22 Nicolas Sanchez, 23 Matias Moroni

 Thanks Rooinek

 ALB has shown very good ability until recently so this poor performance was a bit of a surprise to me. Crotty is the man, no doubt about that - the new Conrad Smith but as you say Cloudy we need a good back up to him. A smart player who can organize the backs and who has talent also - not always easy to find. Looking forward to seeing how they develop ALB.