John Afoa

If it's not on the field, he'll be watching from afar, he'll be watching the games, he'll be, you know, picking out on the rugby, Paul Raymond's just getting another two years of it or three years of it.

But that's just the kind of guy he is.

And if he's invested into the team and he's asked him to do a role, he'll do it properly.

And he won't.

And he's got like that sort of aura that, you know, he can tell Renee like, oh, actually, I disagree.

And he'd be happy enough to say that.

Yeah, I think when I saw that, you've got Rene, you've got the old boy from Taranaki, and then you've got Tana in there as well.

I think his role, maybe it's something, I wouldn't say development, because that's maybe...

too poor of a word but I think they see him as someone he can really kick on and be a part of the team for a long time because he helped shape what their team is now and what it sort of got up to.

He'll have a real strong influence on the Pacific Island boys for sure and he'll get the best out of them.

And I think he'll benefit from having guys like Rene and the other coaches there to really get some on the grass coaching.

Because I think at Moana he'll sort of overseen it all.

But with the ABs, I think he'll be hands on, he'll be in the middle of it.

And it'll sort of be a lot of learning both ways from him, learning from the players and the players learning from him.

That's how I see it, you know what I mean?

I think, you know, Rene's maybe said that he's not going to be there forever.

And I think Tana's done a lot of coaching.

And I think bringing him into the team might be something that like, oh, this guy could be around long term.

You know, and why can't he?

Why shouldn't he?