Mark Watson

He looked at the landscape of New Zealand rugby.

He was like, I'm probably not going to be an All Black's outside back, and if I am, I'll probably play five tests, and that'll be me.

I won't be able to play for anyone else.

So he went to Scotland, played for them.

Johnny McNichol.

Same thing, went up to the Northern Hemisphere, played for Wales, probably said, I'm not good enough to be an All Black.

And I'm thinking Riley Higgins is sitting there behind a couple of All Blacks in the Hurricanes midfield.

He's what, 23, 24?

Yeah, something like that.

And he's thinking, man, I'm almost in my prime.

Am I going to sit around in New Zealand, maybe play one or two tests off the bench behind Geordie Barrett for the next five years?

Or am I going to go up to Scotland,

maybe be a starter for them at a World Cup and play Six Nations, which is an amazing tournament.

So, you know, no skin off our nose.

We're just losing more people in their prime, aren't we?

Fihi Finianganofo, 23 as well.

We've seen Lester Whanganuku do it, but he was always coming back to be an All Black for the World Cup.

So he's a bit different.

But this just tells me old Riley didn't back himself.

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