This weekend will see the international debut of the player with the best name in rugby.
Winger Leicester Ofa Ki Wales Twickenham Fainga'anuku starts in the number 11 jersey for New Zealand against Ireland in Saturday's first Test at Eden Park.
Fainga'anuku is the son of former Tonga international prop Malakai Fainga'anuku, and it's his father who he has to thank for his spectacular rugby name. Fainga'anuku senior was part of the Tongan squad at the 1999 World Cup and played in the famous win over Italy in Leicester during the group stage of the tournament. That saw him name his second son after the city they triumphed in when he was born the following day.
But there was more to come as he added Wales and Twickenham as his middle names. Wales because it was the main designated host nation of the World Cup that year, and Twickenham because Tonga played England there four days later, Stuff.NZ report.
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The family later moved to Auckland, New Zealand in the early 2000s, with Leicester going on to play for the Crusaders, where he has enjoyed a sublime season, scoring 10 tries.
The All Blacks play Ireland on Saturday morning, with the game kicking off at 8.05am UK time. Coach Ian Foster joked he was unsure whether he was "sick or nervous" after suffering cold sweats and sleepless nights ahead of the match following a positive Covid-19 Test.
Foster expects to be in attendance at a sold-out Eden Park in Auckland for Saturday's series opener on the back of disrupted preparation carried out remotely.
Coronavirus has swept through the All Blacks camp, with assistant coaches John Plumtree, Scott McLeod and Greg Feek also forced to isolate, in addition to players David Havili, Jack Goodhue and Will Jordan.
"As long as things go well and I stay the way I'm staying then the answer to that is 'yes'," Foster told a press conference, when asked if he will be at the match.
"I was one of those ones that was pretty lucky really.
"The first two nights were cold sweats and sleepless nights, so that's pretty normal for an All Blacks head coach before the first Test of the year. I wasn't quite sure if I was sick or nervous!
"I've actually got through it pretty lightly to be fair and maybe being a little bit distracted with something else on my mind has helped me."
New Zealand team: J Barrett (Hurricanes); S Reece (Crusaders), R Ioane (Blues), Q Tupaea (Chiefs), L Fainga'anuku (Crusaders); B Barrett (Blues), A Smith (Highlanders); G Bower (Crusaders), C Taylor (Crusaders), O Tu'ungafasi (Blues), B Retallick (Chiefs), S Whitelock (Crusaders), S Barrett (Crusaders), S Cane (Chiefs, capt), A Savea (Hurricanes).
Replacements: S Taukei'aho (Chiefs), K Tu'inukuafe (Blues), A Ta'avao (Chiefs), P G Sowakula (Chiefs), D Papalii (Blues), F Christie (Blues), R Mo'unga (Crusaders), B Ennor (Crusaders).
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