Jamie Wall

Because at the moment, the All Blacks are probably just saying, well, when you're back, you're back.

Because he's taking a break.

So, yeah, I think that obviously the whole point of him taking a break was to get his body right for what's going to be a massive season coming up.

But I would find it hard to think that he's not in the plan for the All Blacks going forward.

Whether he's captain, though, that's another question as well.

Yeah, and that's the interesting one for me, is that, like, yeah, we're going to have this debate about the captain.

You've got to remember, though, that the Olympics are playing all up, what is it, 17 times this year, which is the most in a long, long time.

You've got to remember that, you know, the changing of captain between tests, between games, is not uncommon.

I mean, you know, Ardy, captain of the All Blacks, he started as captain in three tests last year, finished as captain in a couple more as well.

I think it was 2021, the All Blacks used six captains across all those tests.

You know, people getting injured, they've got these midweek games.

Like, it's a very fluid situation.

You know, they are going to name like a figurehead nominal captain,

But I think the leadership group one, which we're never really going to know about because it's something that's kept in the inner sanctum of the All Blacks, and especially who they are.

We could probably guess who they are, but exactly how they function, that to me is the intriguing thing.

Because as you say...

He says there's going to be changes there.

And does he mean that players who were in it last year aren't actually going to be playing for the All Blacks at all this year?

But imagine if you were someone who was involved in that last year and you find yourself not and just you're back to being part of the squad.

That's a really interesting proposition, how that's going to affect the dynamic, the chemistry.