The Silver Fern

I am reasonably happy with 23 selected. The areas we need to address to compete with the best teams in the world right, I.e South Africa and France are, power, height to win the aerial contests, competition on the floor and pace out wide.
Given the cattle available for this test, this largely addresses these areas.
Would have love to have seen another fast wing, like CT or LC in there, but they were unavailable or not selected.

Ridiculous

To be fair, not a Havili fan, but he has been the best midfielder in this match so far

A few guys can advance their AB cases or not, in this match

1. Tamaiti Williams, 2. Cody Taylor,, 3. Tyrel Lomax, 4. Scott Barrett (captain), 5. Tupou Vaa’i, 6. Samipeni Finau, 7. Ardie Savea (vice captain), 8. Wallace Sititi, 9. Cam Roigard, , 10. Damian McKenzie, 11. Caleb Clarke, 12. Jordie Barrett (vice-captain), 13. Rieko Ioane, 14. Mark Tele’a, 15. Will Jordan.

Replacements: 16. Asafa Aumua, 17. Ofa Tu’ungafasi, 18. Pasilio Tosi, 19. Patrick Tuipulotu, 20. Sam Cane, 21. Cortez Ratima, 22. Anton Lienert-Brown, 23. Stephen Perofeta.

But are they ginger?

@Gunner unless they are considering diversity

Better balance of the loose forwards with others

Papalii, is okay , but is a poor man’s Cane at international level

@Canes4life
True and I don’t mind TJ starting

Off the bench Blackadder, TJP and SP, assuming Bodie is FB

The key selection is 9&10 as to how we want to play. Tight 5 is obvious and therefore backrow.

I would go
7. Savea
6. Finau
8. Siititi
9. Ratima
10. McKenzie

A shocking capitulation

@Mattasaurus we have trucked points against 14 men

We shit the bed again in match we should win

We shat the bed again

Totally predictable

We shot the bed again

Withy has been good

How forwards have ascendancy and Hunt still shits the bed