Team Naming Thursday - All Black Edition

This morning the All Blacks team was announced to face the Wallabies in the final Bledisloe Cup match for 2013, a dead rubber that will have no danger of not bringing the intensity as a do or die clash between the two old foes. 

Cory Jane finds himself back in the starting lineup, ten months after rupturing ligaments in his knee. Jane has worked tirelessly to get back into the team, after playing only 120 minutes total for Wellington in the Itm Cup, its a testament to his character and just how much the All Black jersey means to all rugby players in this country.

As predicted Ben Smith has made the shift from the wing to pair Ma'a Nonu in the centres to fill the void left by Conrad Smith who has started his 6 month sabbatical from the game. Plenty of attention will be kept on Ben to see how he goes in the midfield, a position not entirely foreign to him, but lets face it he has some rather large shoes to fill.

Jeremy Thrush comes into the starting lineup for the first time which sees Brodie Retallick take a spell on the bench. 

All Blacks
1. Tony Woodcock
2. Keven Melamu
3. Charlie Faumuina
4. Jeremy Thrush
5. Sam Whitelock
6. Liam Messam
7. Richie McCaw
8. Kieran Read
9. Aaron Smith
10. Aaron Cruden
11. Julian Savea
12. Ma'a Nonu
13. Ben Smith
14. Cory Jane
15. Israel Dagg

Reserves
16. Dane Coles
17. Wyatt Crockett
18. Ben Franks
19. Brodie Retallick
20. Sam Cane
21. Tawera Kerr-Barlow
22. Beauden Barrett
23. Tom Taylor

What do you think of the lineup?