New Zealand coach named the following side on Tuesday for
the Rugby World Cup Pool C match against Namibia at the Olympic Park on
Thursday He is playing a weaker team as he believes that this tie will be much
easier but there are risks with this strategy. .
Team: 1-Ben Franks, 2-Codie Taylor, 3-Charlie Faumuina,
4-Luke Romano, 5-Sam Whitelock, 6-Liam Messam, 7-Sam Cane, 8-Victor Vito; 9-TJ
Perenara, 10-Beauden Barrett, 11-Julian Savea, 12-Sonny Bill Williams,
13-Malakai Fekitoa, 14-Nehe Milner-Skudder, 15-Colin Slade
Replacements: 16-Keven Mealamu, 17-Wyatt Crockett, 18-Tony
Woodcock, 19-Kieran Read, 20-Richie McCaw, 21-Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22-Ma'a Nonu,
23-Ben Smith (Compiled by John Geddie, editing by Ed Osmond)
For Namibia it an achievement
just to be here
1-Jaco Engels, 2-Torsten van Jaarsveld, 3-Johannes Coetzee,
4-Tjiuee Uanivi, 5-Pieter-Jan van Lill, 6-Jacques Burger (captain), 7-Tinus du
Plessis,8-Leneve Damens; 9-Eugene Jantjies, 10-Theuns Kotze, 11-Conrad Marais,
12-Johan Deysel, 13-JC Greyling, 14-David Philander, 15-Johan Tromp
Replacements: 16-Louis van der Westhuizen, 17-Casper
Viviers, 18-Raoul Larson, 19-Renaldo Bothma, 20-Janco Venter, 21-Rohan
Kitshoff, 22-Eneill Buitendag, 23-Chrysander Botha (Compiled by Nick Said;
Editing by John Geddie)
I would be very surprised if New Zealand were not able to
take control of this match from the start and win it with the bonus point. Even with a weekend side
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