Tony Johnson

But man, I suppose as a big squad, you could fit them all in.

But four, yeah.

You think he's going to take four number 10s?

Well, at least they can play fullback as well.

Someone's going to have to get shoulder tapped along the way.

Well, you're asking me.

Ask him.

Look, I thought for a large part of the year, Bowdoin Barrett was managing things well.

He was superb at the start.

players about how much of a positive influence it was.

He missed the start of the season, but when he came back, his leadership, his game management, his navigation skills, if you like, they were using him to kick the ball deep.

I think that was probably a tactic, just getting the ball deep.

it seemed to be going really well and then i don't know i don't know whether it's a symptom or a cause or whatever but just the last few weeks it hasn't been that or so authoritative they haven't been winning the game line no and and i think you know so so often for a number 10 to excel other things need to be going well around them so yeah it's a really tough one i i wouldn't be writing him off because he's got

you know he's got so much experience there's the skill set there and sure okay maybe he's hasn't got quite that top end speed that he used to have but again you just go back to that experience factor and there are fewer and fewer players in new zealand who know what it's like now to play test match rugby in south africa or super rugby in south africa don't underestimate the value of that experience question come back at you

I think for South Africa, you're taking three.

You have to take three.

And I think you can still take four, knowing that, okay, so Will Jordan's your number one fullback.

If you've got Josh Morby there, you know he can cover fullback and whoever else they might have.

But if you've got the ability, those guys, and it was just interesting to see the Chiefs going back before he got that injury, going back to Damien playing at 15, bringing Josh Jakeman, who I think is a player who's,

It's still not the finished article, but he's growing and growing, and I think there's a lot of potential there as well.