All blacks wallabies name sides for bledisloe cup showdown
The Bledisloe Cup is a highly anticipated rugby union competition between New Zealand's All Blacks and Australia's Wallabies. Here are the teams that will face off in the 2022 Bledisloe Cup showdown:
New Zealand All Blacks
- Beauden Barrett (Fullback)
- Will Jordan (Left Wing)
- Rieko Ioane (Right Wing)
- Anton Lienert-Brown (Left Centre)
- Quinn Tupaea (Right Centre)
- David Havili (Inside Centre)
- Aaron Smith (Scrum-half)
- Dane Coles (Hooker)
- Tyrel Lomax (Prop)
- Ofa Tu'ungafasi (Prop)
- Tupou Vaa'i (Lock)
- Sam Whitelock (Lock)
- Sam Cane (Flank Forward)
- Dalton Papali'i (Flank Forward)
- Akira Ioane (Number 8)
Australia Wallabies
- Tom Banks (Fullback)
- Marika Koroibete (Left Wing)
- Jordan Petaia (Right Wing)
- Hunter Paisami (Left Centre)
- Len Ikitau (Right Centre)
- Samu Kerevi (Inside Centre)
- Nic White (Scrum-half)
- Folau Fainga'a (Hooker)
- James Slipper (Prop)
- Allan Alaalatoa (Prop)
- Matt Philip (Lock)
- Rory Arnold (Lock)
- Michael Hooper (Flank Forward)
- Pete Samu (Flank Forward)
- Rob Valetini (Number 8)
The match is scheduled to take place on August 27, 2022, at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand.