Mark Watson

We've got good locks.

I think obviously a couple of shortages due to injury at the moment in your front row stocks.

But I think you can sort of get a pretty good read on who your type five are.

And I think there's three or four locks.

I think you'd be more than happy to start.

It is the loose forward mix is the most intriguing part of the selection going forward.

And then obviously the setup of the bench as well.

We know we've got an X-factor guy who's athletic in Arisavia.

Then do we go with the mongrel?

Then do we go with the height?

Is there room for Alistair Whanganuku as a genuine starter?

Perhaps not.

But again, it's how these coaches get the best out of them.

So just on that, I hope we're not too conservative when we do go in.

I don't want to see the Bowdoin Barrett starting in the number 10 jersey in the first three tests.

I do want to see other players being given an opportunity.

I do want to see them, you know, some of those players that have been part of the All Black environment over the last two years, Ruben Love, to be given a chance.

You cannot come out at the start when you first get the job and say we're going to pick on Super Rugby form.

And there have been some players who I think have stepped up.

Caleb Tangi, I think, certainly deserves to be in the discussion.