Tony Johnson
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And it was just him.
And I don't know what sort of press he can do because a lot of power in those quads to hold him up on the ground and get a turnover.
So there was that monster.
I think that 50-22, as you say, 22-22 was a turning point in the game.
Also was the guy that popped up and scored a crucial try.
Just a true leader's performance.
And it did make me think,
If you're sending a team to South Africa, and I know John Hart did it in 1996, there was almost a distinctly a test team or Saturday team and a midweek team.
And I know Hart did it as well, John Hart, when he took a team to the UK in about 1997 and he named John Mitchell as his midweek captain.
You could do worse than have a guy in the mix with that express purpose of being the guy who captains the midweek team.
I'm not saying they should do it or they will do it.
It's just something that there is a bit of a precedent there.
But just back to the present, his value to this Crusaders team, the leadership, but also the all-round contributions that he can make, fully evident in a
Getting back to your point about the Hurricanes, I think they might rest a few because they remember they had a bye week one and they were the first team to have the second bye.
And so they've played a whole heap of games on consecutive weeks now.
The good thing is they've got a deep squad.
There's no pressure on them.
It'll be an opportunity that I'm sure some players would absolutely relish in that last game.
So yeah, I think they'll certainly, I wouldn't say they'll make wholesale changes, but I think Clark just alluded to it at the end that I think they'll use their depth as much as they can just to try and keep some key players
freshened up for the playoffs.