John Afoa

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DSPN -RUGBY · WHAT GRAHAM HENRY BRINGS (BACK) TO THE ALL BLACKS | JOHN AFOA · 24 Jun 2026 podcast

Newell's very fit and he can play the minutes.

Maybe don't get that sort of power game like Pussy, but it all depends what they want up front with Jace running the cuddle, yeah.

Yeah.

And I think just guys are modern-day athletes.

Every prop in that team, they could play 80, but they're good for 60, at least.

You know what I mean?

They're fit enough to play 65.

So why would you play them 10 minutes, 15 minutes?

You might get two scrums, a couple of tackles.

You don't really make an impact up front.

So you might as well use them fresh.

And, you know, if it's five minutes before halftime to get them warmed up and then they're ready to go for the next 40 straight away or, you know, just after halftime.

But with the front row, because you got three specialists going on and you got three guys in the team every week, you might as well use them

And, you know, we know the scrum can swing a game depending on how it's getting reffed.

It's hard to get metres, hard to get penalties if a team's clean at the breakdown.

So what's next?

That's the mauling and the scrummaging penalties to get your field position into the opposition 22.

Well, I think in New Zealand it was nothing.

I think you got the odd penalty for if there was a collapse or something.

But going up to Ulster, man, you learn quick.

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