Jamie

They have this ability that when the opposition is putting heat on inside their own 22, they'll just keep making tackles until someone, and quite often it's Quintu Paya, will make that vital steal.

A lot of the New Zealand teams threatening to pull the rug out from under each other will put dents in each other's hopes.

Welcome to the DSPN.

Well, first of all, in terms of George Bauer, it couldn't happen to a nicer bloke.

He's such a popular player.

And if they cook that up for him, well, that's just a measure of how well he is regarded.

He's a delightful fellow.

First ever All Black to come out of tighter college in Wellington, even though their first international was Brad Shields.

Yeah, and you can see the delight in his face.

There's that old line about, you know, wait all day for a bus.

But he waited 100 games for his first try.

Mind you, you know, that's not a rare thing with props.

Some of them go through their whole career and never score at all.

But no, I thought this was a really good performance from the Crusaders at a time where they just need to keep stacking up the wins.

First, it was great to see the place full again.

Great to see the horses back.

And, OK, so it was a bit of a change attack.

You know, first of all, it was no, we've looked at everything.

We can't do it.

Then, well, we've found a way.