Nigel Yalden
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And I guess the forgotten guy in all of this is Tapai Cook-Savage, who hasn't had a lot of opportunity, but we've seen him perform as a 10 at NPC level and
We know he's got the skills.
There's an element of that Damien McKenzie dynamic nature in that he is a former Sevens player.
Great step, great acceleration.
So I think, yep, of course, you would love to keep two quality first fives like that.
But ultimately, I think that...
Josh has made a business decision.
He wants to basically run that team.
Looks as though Jamie Joseph is going to hand him the keys when he gets down there next year.
He's going to be working, you hope, alongside the likes of a Dylan Pleasure, Timothy Tavatavanawai.
So that's exciting stuff if the Highlanders choose to actually move the ball as opposed to kicking it every 30 seconds.
So I think what we're looking at is just...
They've made it work.
Again, I come back to the professionalism of Josh Jacob, the professionalism of Damian McKenzie, and the fact that they know what they're here for.
Josh wants to go away as a super rugby champion, and he's doing everything in his power to help the Chiefs achieve that.
I can send him the stats if he wants them.
I've got them all.
I've got the kick-pass ratio there, how long they kick the ball in between.
Got it all here if he wants it.
He went okay.