Mark Watson

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3,366 appearances 15 recordings 2 series first heard Feb 2025 last heard 15 Sep

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DSPN -RUGBY · "BARRETT'S HAD HIS DAY" | WILL BEAUDEN MAKE THE CUT!? | Rugby Roundtable · 16 Jun 2026 podcast

And I do think that they will have Geordie Barrett starting at second 5-8.

It is still the one big area of weakness in New Zealand rugby, isn't it?

You talk about players who potentially could play their way in, play their way in, but certainly play their way into the psyche of the All Blacks selectors in regards to injury and possibly tour to South Africa.

Liam Coombs, Fabling, obviously Isaac Hutchinson.

I think is one.

And I've always been a massive fan of this guy.

But I also just wonder whether a player like a Callum Harkin, just such a good all-round footballer, Josh Morby is mentioned, are guys that I think are definitely auditioning for a tour to South Africa and certainly putting their self...

in the selectors' heads, and maybe weren't necessarily in the selectors' heads at the start of the season.

So, yeah, I think there was plenty to play for.

I think the biggest sort of disappointment for me that we can't pick is Warner Derns.

I think he's been the best lock in the competition all year, and it's a shame that he captains Japan, that we can't have access to him as well.

look i'll still go back to it i you know a lot of people sort of um i know you guys but brad shields to me as a player i've mentioned this i think he should go to south africa i think he should be a midweek captain he's got a test experience he's playing bloody well every week you talk about his age but you don't seem to want to supply that same theory when it comes to bowden barrett oh yeah but barrett plays at 10 he's got 144 tests all that other nonsense

This weekend... Being in the All Blacks is not an All Black trial.

Being in the All Blacks is because you deserve to be there.

I think Shields is just playing as well as any of them.

They've got Devin Flanders coming back this week.

What do you do with that?

I think it's probably the hardest final to pick, to be honest, in my living memory.

I think there's so much in this one.

I do think the Hurricanes go in his favour, but man, if the Chiefs... That Chiefs performance in that first 40 minutes... Yeah, it went up another level, didn't it?

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