Jip

jipper who are the props that you feel are on track here to make the all blacks well it's depending on who stays fit at the moment jason ryan is a consistent coach do you know what i mean so like out of the coaching group i don't think we're going to see like masses amounts of change in terms of the front row and i don't think it was an area of concern

Injury may create opportunity but I still think in the tight head spot you're going to see your Lomax, Tossie and Newell.

Depending on, I hope Newell's not too bad because he's been outstanding this season.

It's the best I've seen him play at Super Rugby level.

De Groot's a given, he's had a massive season.

And then the other loose heads are probably where potential opportunity lies, but again I just think Jase Ryan has a close relationship with Bauer and George is playing really well in the tight stuff.

how he'd go in a Rennie-style up-tempo game, I'm not sure.

So that may create opportunities for a Nemea and a Norris to be in the squad in that loose head.

And I don't think, like, if there's any injuries, you can't rule out Angus Tavel.

Like, he has a big engine.

He has a skill set.

You know, remember him against the Crusaders, he's running great lines, big carries.

He's scrummed really well.

He's had some big passages of scrummaging.

and he's got some experience at test match level so there's no reason why his game doesn't fit the opportunities and then I suppose guys that we've seen in there previously you've got your Te Vida Mufflero you've got Ofa Tonga Fasi

But I suppose in terms of if you're going straight form, well, it's actually probably a bit harsh to say form.

Lomax has just come back, but his international form, to me, warrants him to come straight back in.

So I don't see too much change from the start of last year.

Obviously, Tamari Williams is a big gap, and you don't know when he's back.

So that creates that opportunity for Numia and Norris and Bauer to sort of fight out, I think, for those other two spots at Lucid.