Teams for Upcoming Saturday

New Zealand  vs  England

New Zealand

15  Ben Smith,   14  Cory Jane  13  , Malakai Fekitoa,  12   Ma'a Nonu, 11  , Julian Savea,  10   Aaron Cruden,  9  Aaron Smith,   8  Kieran Read,  7   Richie McCaw (c),  6  Jerome Kaino,   5  Sam Whitelock,  4  Brodie Retallick,  3   Owen Franks,  2   Dane Coles,  1 Tony Woodcock. 

Replacements :
16  : Keven Mealamu,  17  Wyatt Crockett,  18   Charlie Faumuina,, 19  Patrick Tuipulotu,  20  Liam Messam,   21  TJ Perenara,   22 Beauden Barrett,   23  Ryan Crotty.

England

15 Mike Brown, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Marland Yarde, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Chris Robshaw (capt), 6 Tom Wood, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 David Wilson, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler.

Replacements: 

16 Rob Webber, 17 Matt Mullan, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Ben Morgan, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Luther Burrell.

Australia vs  France

Australia

15 Israel Folau, 14 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 13 Tevita Kuridrani, 12 Matt Toomua, 11 Nick Cummins, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Nic White, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Michael Hooper (captain), 6 Scott Fardy, 5 Will Skelton, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 1 James Slipper.

Replacements: 

16 Nathan Charles, 17 Scott Sio, 18 Laurie Weeks, 19 James Horwill, 20 Ben McCalman, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Kurtley Beale, 23 Rob Horne.

France

15-Brice Dulin, 14-Yoann Huget, 13-Mathieu Bastareaud, 12-Wesley Fofana, 11-Hugo Bonneval, 10-Remi Tales, 9-Morgan Parra, 8-Damien Chouly, 7-Fulgence Ouedraogo, 6-Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5-Yoann Maestri, 4-Alexandre Flanquart, 3-Rabah Slimani, 2-Guilhem Guirado, 1-Alexandre Menini

Replacements : 

16-Christopher Tolofua, 17-Vincent Debaty, 18-Nicolas Mas, 19-Bernard Le Roux, 20-Louis Picamoles, 21-Yannick Nyanga, 22-Maxime Machenaud, 23-Remi Lamerat

South Africa  vs  Wales

South Africa

15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.

Replacements: 

16 Schalk Brits, 17 Gurthro Steenkamp, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Lood de Jager, 20 Schalk Burger, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Wynand Olivier, 23 Lwazi Mvovo. 

Wales

15 Liam Williams, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Josh Turnbull, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Gethin Jenkins

Replacements: 

16 Matthew Rees, 17 Paul James, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Dan Baker, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 James Hook, 23 Matthew Morgan

 Please help me to keep this thread updated

 Hope Meyer plays Flip and Loodt at Lock. Give Marcell a go at tighthead. Start with Burger. 

We may see Flip start but I think Lood will be on the bench. Let us give him time to phase into test rugby. 

 
Agreed Mick!! Do it properly!!

 Back to the top withj this thread - otherwise it will go down the drain.
Mick I think the locks for Saturday will be Matfield and Van der Merwe - with De Jager on the bench.    

this is not the All Blacks team, but i would like to post the team i think we will see against the english and see how close i come to the real thing,,,

1 t woodcock, 2 d coles, 3 o franks

4 s whitelock, 5 s whitelock

6 j kaino, 7 R McCaw, 8 k read

9 a smith, 10 a cruden

12 m nonu, 13 c smith

11 j savea, 15 b smith, 14 c jane

word round the campfire is read will be returning this week and i hope hansen applies logic and starts kaino ahead of messam bringing back that RWC winning backrow trio.

also dagg is set to miss the second test meaning that ben smith will retain the 15 where he was so freaking awesome last weekend.
it also means that jane will get another a shot at 14, but i wouldnt mind seeing fekitoa get a start at 14, hansen might not want to risk it though in case the english have bribed this weeks TMO as well,

tried to edit my post to put fekitoa at 13 over snake, but when i clicked edit post, edit post for everyones posts came up and i thought i would have a little fun with brother beenos commments, only it amounted to nothing.

anyway, my revised team after learning of snakes broken hand is only in the midfield where it now looks like this,,,

12 m nionu, 13 m fekitoa

this should mean that ryan crotty will be on the bench this weekend, as he can cover 11 through 14.

Sasuke San: you have S Whitelock playing 4 & 5 , is he really that good?  

@dr win,

tru that bro,

maybe if it was retallick at 4 and 5 it would make more sense, he is easily the hardest working lock in world rugby today, i wouldnt trade him for anyone,

 Sasue
I would not have Retallick as a lock in any team.  He looks good in loose play and he is nobody in tight 5 play.  But then NZ does not have good tight 5 players - so maybe he looks good to you guys.   

 saSue if you were able to fiddle with my posts the tremendous drop in quality would immediately be evident and would identify you as the culprit. 
Expect the English to come hard at you this week. They know they should be two nil up.
I am expecting retardlick and whitelock to retire early from test rugby to escape the Etzebeth/ Loodt combo/ Ouch!! Then we have Du Toit and Willemse and Jaque Du Plessis. Perhaps leading to a flood of abs going off to Japan to escape having to play test rugby against the Boks. (NZ players overseas cannot be chosen for the wee abs)
No I think in the foreseeable future life for a nz forward playing the Mighty Boks will not be fun.

Well Farrell won't feature and Care is 50/50 !  

 Becs who will the props be?

Wilson should be out there, Marler has been carrying an injury all Tour....but will he stick with it or throw caution to the wind and whack a load if new guys out ? 
Watch this space, Beeno  

@mikey,

i know u wouldnt select retallick in any team, except ur fantasy teams, LMAO,

but u are all alone brother mikey, retallick was involved in over 27 breakdonws, the second most of any player, he also won 7 of the All Blacks 10 lineout balls, made all his tackles, scored a pilfer, and my fave feat of strength was a phase round the 60th minute where retallick was involved in at least 8 phases of play of a continuous phase set, something ive never seen anybody ever do from any position.

 Brother saSUE  you have a vivid imagination.

@brother beeno,

 
France

Team:

15-Brice Dulin, 14-Yoann Huget, 13-Mathieu Bastareaud, 12-Wesley Fofana, 11-Hugo Bonneval, 10-Remi Tales, 9-Morgan Parra, 8-Damien Chouly, 7-Fulgence Ouedraogo, 6-Thierry Dusautoir (captain), 5-Yoann Maestri, 4-Alexandre Flanquart, 3-Rabah Slimani, 2-Guilhem Guirado, 1-Alexandre Menini

Reserves:

16-Christopher Tolofua, 17-Vincent Debaty, 18-Nicolas Mas, 19-Bernard Le Roux, 20-Louis Picamoles, 21-Yannick Nyanga, 22-Maxime Machenaud, 23-Remi Lamerat

 T hanks Cleancut = Updated

 My lot won't be out until Thursday.

But, as I said, Farrell won't play so it is a straight choice between Burns and Cipriani at 10. I would doubt Myler will get a shot at it. Although, maybe Manu Tuilagi might get a go there this week  And Care is also a huge doubt. Youngs is most likely to replace him with Dickson on the Bench.
I would expect Vunipola to start if he is fully fit this week. 
Lots of decisions to be made.....do they go with Twelvetrees again ??? Is he fit as he was carrying an injury ? And will they select Burrell again ? He too was carrying a knock.
Or do they finish with the two Centres that did so well in the first Test ? Tuilagi and Eastmond ? 
Questions, questions  

 
South Africa:

15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.

Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Gurthro Steenkamp, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Lood de Jager, 20 Schalk Burger, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Wynand Olivier, 23 Lwazi Mvovo.

 Thanks CC
Upda ted

ALL BLACKS: Ben Smith, Cory Jane, Malakai Fekitoa, Ma'a Nonu, Julian Savea, Aaron Cruden, Aaron Smith, Kieran Read, Richie McCaw (c), Jerome Kaino, Sam Whitelock, Brodie Retallick, Owen Franks, Dane Coles, Tony Woodcock. 
Reserves: Keven Mealamu, Wyatt Crockett, Charlie Faumuina, Patrick Tuipulotu, Liam Messam, TJ Perenara, Beauden Barrett, Ryan Crotty.

 Thanks JW =  All Blaccks updated.

Seven changes for us.
Hartley for Webber, Lawes for Lauchbury, Vunipola for Morgan, Youngs for Care, Burns for  Farrell, Tuilagi and Eastmond back in the Centre for Twelvetrees and Burrell and Ashton on the Wing for Tuilagi.
Can't remember all the Bench but Webber, Mullan, Brooks ( I think ), Cipriani, Dickson, Burrell and Launchbury (I think ) 
You best check on all that.

 
England:

15 Mike Brown, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Manu Tuilagi, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Marland Yarde, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Chris Robshaw (capt), 6 Tom Wood, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Courtney Lawes, 3 David Wilson, 2 Dylan Hartley, 1 Joe Marler.

Replacements:

16 Rob Webber, 17 Matt Mullan, 18 Kieran Brookes, 19 Joe Launchbury, 20 Ben Morgan, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 Danny Cipriani, 23 Luther Burrell.

 Thanks CC = English team updated

Oh, I was right then ? 
It was late and didn't want to type it out proper in case I got someone wrong.  

 
Wales:

15 Liam Williams, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 George North, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Josh Turnbull, 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Gethin Jenkins

Replacements:

16 Matthew Rees, 17 Paul James, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Dan Baker, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 James Hook, 23 Matthew Morgan

 Thanks CC
Welsh team updated.