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Will Jordan returns, Rieko Ioane benched in All Blacks team to face Pumas


Will Jordan of the All Blacks is congratulated on his try by Ardie Savea during The Rugby Championship and Bledisloe Cup match between the New Zealand All Blacks and the Australian Wallabies at Eden Park on August 14, 2021 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters/Getty Images)
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Returning All Blacks star Will Jordan has been named to come off the bench in the matchday 23 to face Argentina in Wellington.

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The rapid try-scoring ace hasn’t played a professional game of rugby since the Rugby World Cup final and will be hoping this weekend’s tussle with Los Pumas goes a little differently to that result.

Beauden Barrett has been backed for the starting gig at fullback after three stellar performances to begin the 2024 international season.

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On the wings, Mark Tele’a and Sevu Reece have retained their starting roles after an impressive display from Caleb Clarke in California.

Anton Lienert-Brown has been promoted to start in the midfield alongside Jordie Barrett, with Rieko Ioane set to join Jordan in an electric bench unit.

TJ Perenara will start at halfback in front of his home crowd in what will no doubt be an emotional evening after the announcement of his decision to leave New Zealand at the end of 2024. Cortez Ratima will back him up off the bench.

Partnering Perenara in the halves will be Damian McKenzie, while at No. 8, World Rugby Player of the Year and stand-in captain Ardie Savea is set for another start.

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Joining Savea in the loose-forward trio are Ethan Blackadder and Dalton Papali’i, who will be backed up by rookie Wallace Sititi on the bench.

With Scott Barrett recovering from a surgical procedure on his finger, Tupou Vaa’i has been injected into the starting unit to partner Test rookie Sam Darry in the second row. Josh Lord has been named in the No. 19 jersey.

The familiar starting row of Ethan de Groot, Tyrel Lomax and temporary vice-captain Codie Taylor return to square off with their formidable Argentinian counterparts, with Ofa Tu’ungafasi, Asafo Aumua and Fletcher Newell rounding out the matchday 23.

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All Blacks team to face Los Pumas

  1. Ethan de Groot
  2. Codie Taylor
  3. Tyrel Lomax
  4. Tupou Vaa’i
  5. Sam Darry
  6. Ethan Blackadder
  7. Dalton Papali’i
  8. Ardie Savea
  9. TJ Perenara
  10. Damian McKenzie
  11. Mark Tele’a
  12. Jordie Barrett
  13. Anton Lienert-Brown
  14. Sevu Reece
  15. Beauden Barrett

Reserves

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16. Asafo Aumua
17. Ofa Tu’ungafasi
18. Fletcher Newell
19. Josh Lord
20. Wallace Sititi
21. Cortez Ratima
22. Rieko Ioane
23. Will Jordan

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EvilMockingJay 2 hours ago
Antoine Dupont missing for now as Galthie names 33-man France squad

Oh but we want that Cup too ! But SA and NZ don't want to play fair with us xD France is a strong team but not enough to win a final, a semi or a quarter at 16 against 15 xD

Like in 2023, there was 27 (!!!) “mistakes” from BOK against us. Fallen for 1 point. Can't say we would have won against England (who were robbed too, and fallen for 1 point too) and NZ after but I personally believe so. England was pretty weak, getting beated again and again by France and we humilated the Blacks during the opening match. Again 2011 and also 1995… it’s normal not to win every time, after all we are not the only team that play to win. But being robbed every time you have a real chance (or just you were winning no question ask without a ref who suddently stop following the rules of rugby) is harsh. There is voices in France that are starting to say “screw this corrupt World Rugby and screw this RWC, let’s just play our Top14, after all we will never win a World Cup because it is rigged to let a SH team win”. And when you see how it goes (terrible ref being promoted to a RWC final, change in the rules when we are specialists about it, that stupid 20’ red card that encourage brutality from players and partiality from ref and always for or against the same team, forward pass not seen when it’s the other team doing them, same with offsides…) what can you say to these people ? I keep the faith one day we will get that WC, but after 2023, at home, it’s hard to say to these people “no you are wrong”. Like France (one country among a lot of other countries) were robbed 3 times. That’s a lot for ONE country and one competition taking place only every 4 years. And we ain't the only ones robbed. Always by the same teams : RSA or NZ.



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