John Afoa

And then, yeah, was it totally picked on form?

I'm not too sure.

But we're coming against three teams coming to New Zealand, which I don't think is the big picture for Dave Rennie.

He is looking at the African test and he's going to test these guys out in these three weeks and see if they can sort of handle the mustard.

If they can't, well, he's got these other guys in reserve that have been there, maybe didn't hit their straps in super, but he knows that they've performed on the international stage before.

No, I think he's got to win.

You know what I mean?

He's got to have enough about him to make sure he wins.

Obviously, I don't think the games would be an issue.

But I think if we look about last year, you know, I think when France came, whoever it was, team won the games, but they were poor.

So he'll be thinking about performance too.

They'll know that the All Blacks will need a win because that's what New Zealanders want.

But also because we'll be pretty hardcore rugby, we'll want performances too.

So

He'll be pretty cutthroat around that.

He will want to make sure he starts off his reign in the right tone.

And everything will be building momentum-wise to these eight games in Africa.

a real difference in the way that Dave Rennie is going to want his side to play well he's got options you know what I mean I think straight away I look at those three nines and boys people talking about Noah being left out but he's very similar to Cam you know what I mean like they're good runners of the ball can kick the ball what does he need two camera workouts for

He's already come out and said, you know, Preston, he's a tough, tough footballer, kicks well off both feet.

So, you know, he's thinking, OK, I've got a running nine, I've got a kicking nine, and then Cortes might be my in-between guy.