Dan Carter

And these young kids used to look up to these senior students going, man, all I want to do is be a

a wash club member one day so it's going to be a generational change over there when you've got young kids leading the importance of safe water for other students and you know that it's ingrained in their culture.

I think we're really lucky, we've got some great depth.

I guess the challenge is who's going to put their hand up and really take that role over the next couple of years and that's something that probably hasn't happened.

It's kind of been shared a little bit between once Richie departed, he took a bit of ownership at the back end of his time in New Zealand and then it's been between Damien and

and Bodie and now we've got a bit of young talent coming through it's exciting so we have depth there which is good it's just you know which one of those you know three four players that you mentioned is going to really put their hand up and go this is my position and obviously you know you've got Richie coming back as well on the mix so that strengthens the depth so it's a real positive but

I don't think we can answer that question of who's going to be playing at the World Cup just yet because there's still a lot of test matches and a lot of footy to be played before then.

But I think it's an amazing opportunity for one of them to go, right, that number 10 jersey's mine.

I was lucky.

I had a season and a half playing in the 12 jersey and been in the environment playing alongside the great Carlos Spencer and Andrew Murden.

So I was just sitting there learning from two absolute masters of the 10 jersey, two very different players.

So

um the end of year tour my second year we went over to uh to europe and and they left those two players behind and they threw me in into the mix a very uh you know young squad and i just had to learn um as we went and it was probably one of the biggest things for me was actually just being thrown in the deep end and either you sink or you swim uh to be honest and you know i'm not saying that that's what they need to do but um

When they show the capabilities of what they're capable of doing and they've been in the environment, whether in and out or certain times, there's a time that you've got to just really show belief and faith in that person and just continue to back them and hopefully you make the right decision.

We've got a lot of potential and we're going to be challenged and tested more this year than potentially in the past with the schedule that's ahead of them and that's exciting, that's what you want.

As an international rugby player, as an All Black, you want the toughest and hardest challenges.

You don't want an easy road and we definitely don't have that this year with the Nations Cup and the test matches that we have and obviously rugby's greatest rivalry as well which is going to be epic.

So obviously throwing in the deep end again and we've got the talent.

You believe we have?

Yes.