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nick as a NZ'er you'd say Dan Carter starts ahead of Aaron Cruden if fit and healthy and everything ? It doesn't seem like that's what Hansen would do. Haven't seen much of Dan Carter at 10 in a Blacks jersey lately (although I understand he hasn't been 100%), and the last time I saw him play SR he was wearing 12, so that's why I say I'm guessing he's 3rd option at FH for NZ, those two reasons. Cruden I'm quite sure is their no.1 guy and then Barrett has been playing frequently for the AB and has impressed, just to build the future's sake I'd guess DC is 3rd.
You'd really call DC the no. 1 option right now, do you back that claim up unconditionally ?
Don't take what people say at the letter like that...
try to understand what the poster is saying - I'm saying, imagine you're Cotter or worse a Scottish player and you see the AB played their very best possible lineup in Twickenham and then a week later come to you with an almost complete B team. OF COURSE as the rules go you have a group of guys and can pick any you fancy, yes, that much everybody understands; but then there's the human element that nullifies the mathematical one. You see what your opponent thinks of you loud and clear when they're coming to your backyard with a B side.
If I'm a Scott playing in front of my home crowd I don't care much for "experimental" this "they can pick from their group" that. It's obviously demeaning de facto, whether it's fine from Hansen to do that or not, I'm not actually blaming Hansen. If I were the Scotts this would bring heaps of confidence and fire to my belly, like: oh you're playing that side are you ? Alright then.
The Scotts are on a high and I don't see them getting a much better chance against the AB any time soon. But I'm not calling out Hansen for his move. In fact as my previous post states, I quite like the confidence and "risk-taking".
