All Blacks selectors Ian Foster, Jason Ryan and Joe Schmidt have announced the team to take on Argentina in Friday’s Rugby World Cup semifinal in Paris.
The selectors have made two personnel changes and one positional switch to the team that took part in last week’s quarterfinal.
Samuel Whitelock and Brodie Retallick have switched roles within the match day 23 while Mark Tele’a and Samisoni Taukei’aho are the new faces, coming in for Leicester Fainga’anuku and Dane Coles.
All Blacks match day 23 (Test caps in brackets)
- Ethan de Groot (20)
- Codie Taylor (83)
- Tyrel Lomax (30)
- Samuel Whitelock (151)
- Scott Barrett (67)
- Shannon Frizell (31)
- Sam Cane (c) (93)
- Ardie Savea (79)
- Aaron Smith (123)
- Richie Mo’unga (54)
- Mark Tele’a (7)
- Jordie Barrett (55)
- Rieko Ioane (67)
- Will Jordan (29)
- Beauden Barrett (121)
- Samisoni Taukei’aho (28)
- Tamaiti Williams (6)
- Fletcher Newell (12)
- Brodie Retallick (107)
- Dalton Papali’i (30)
- Finlay Christie (19)
- Damian McKenzie (45)
- Anton Lienert-Brown (68)
Semifinal team 🫡#AllBlacks #RWC2023 pic.twitter.com/DEZDpXL98Y
— All Blacks (@AllBlacks) October 18, 2023
