{"id":294278,"date":"2023-10-19T19:27:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?p=294278"},"modified":"2023-10-19T19:27:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T19:27:11","slug":"mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Tele\u2019a returns as All Blacks make surprise lock switch for semi-final"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mark Tele\u2019a has been brought back into the New Zealand starting side for their semi-final against Argentina <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing<\/h3>\n

Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news<\/h3>\n

Thanks for signing up to the
Sport email<\/h2>\n

Wing Mark Tele\u2019a has been brought back into the New Zealand side to face Argentina in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals after missing the All Blacks\u2019 last eight win over Ireland for disciplinary reasons.<\/p>\n

Tele\u2019a replaces Leicester Fainga\u2019anuku having been left out last weekend after breaching team protocols.<\/p>\n

The other change to Ian Foster\u2019s side comes in the second row, where Sam Whitelock, the most capped All Black ever, is preferred to long time locking partner Brodie Retallick.<\/p>\n

Retallick has to be content with a place on the bench, which also includes hooker Samisoni Taukei\u2019aho, not involved last week.<\/p>\n

\u201cRugby World Cup playoffs are a series of finals,\u201d said head coach Foster. \u201cWe know that the intensity only increases as you progress through the knockout stages and we are preparing accordingly.<\/p>\n

Recommended<\/h3>\n


\n
\n<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have received amazing support from our country and fans. The atmosphere at our games has been tremendous and we want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has been a part of that.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe team is determined to give it everything in this special occasion against Argentina who are a quality team with a proven record in Rugby World Cup playoff games. We are very respectful of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Whitelock, 35, could become the first player in men\u2019s World Cup history to reach three finals, having been part of the triumphant New Zealand sides in 2011 and 2015.<\/p>\n

The veteran partners club teammate Scott Barrett, who remains in the starting side alongside brothers Jordie and Beauden.<\/p>\n

New Zealand team to face Argentina at the Stade de France (Friday 20 October, kick off 8pm BST)<\/strong><\/p>\n

1 Ethan de Groot, 2 Codie Taylor, 3 Tyrel Lomax; 4 Samuel Whitelock, 5 Scott Barrett; 6 Shannon Frizell, 7 Sam Cane (captain), 8 Ardie Savea; 9 Aaron Smith, 10 Richie Mo\u2019unga; 11 Mark Tele\u2019a, 12 Jordie Barrett, 13 Rieko Ioane, 14 Will Jordan; 15 Beauden Barrett<\/p>\n

Replacements: 16 Samisoni Taukei\u2019aho, 17 Tamaiti Williams, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Brodie Retallick, 20 Dalton Papali\u2019i, 21 Finlay Christie, 22 Damian McKenzie, 23 Anton Lienert-Brown<\/em><\/p>\n

Source: Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mark Tele\u2019a has been brought back into the New Zealand starting side for their semi-final against Argentina Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nMark Tele\u2019a returns as All Blacks make surprise lock switch for semi-final - Tell My Sport<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mark Tele\u2019a returns as All Blacks make surprise lock switch for semi-final - Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mark Tele\u2019a has been brought back into the New Zealand starting side for their semi-final against Argentina Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email…\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Tell My Sport\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-19T19:27:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mark-Telea-returns-as-All-Blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/\",\"name\":\"Mark Tele\u2019a returns as All Blacks make surprise lock switch for semi-final - Tell My Sport\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-19T19:27:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-10-19T19:27:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Rugby Union\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/category\/rugby-union\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Mark Tele\u2019a returns as All Blacks make surprise lock switch for semi-final\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/\",\"name\":\"Tell My Sport\",\"description\":\"tellmysport.com\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Mark Tele\u2019a returns as All Blacks make surprise lock switch for semi-final - Tell My Sport","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Mark Tele\u2019a returns as All Blacks make surprise lock switch for semi-final - Tell My Sport","og_description":"Mark Tele\u2019a has been brought back into the New Zealand starting side for their semi-final against Argentina Sign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Thanks for signing up to the Sport email…","og_url":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/","og_site_name":"Tell My Sport","article_published_time":"2023-10-19T19:27:11+00:00","author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Mark-Telea-returns-as-All-Blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/","url":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/","name":"Mark Tele\u2019a returns as All Blacks make surprise lock switch for semi-final - Tell My Sport","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-10-19T19:27:11+00:00","dateModified":"2023-10-19T19:27:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/rugby-union\/mark-telea-returns-as-all-blacks-make-surprise-lock-switch-for-semi-final\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Rugby Union","item":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/category\/rugby-union\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Mark Tele\u2019a returns as All Blacks make surprise lock switch for semi-final"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/","name":"Tell My Sport","description":"tellmysport.com","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/74db1979fe71b5ea01513ec1ce5bc609","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d7cef2e0d8d634cb49d54f7c48b549a1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294278"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tellmysport.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}