cant argue with much of that
first and foremost, as much as i would love to fozzie to have the courage to pick a team purely on form....i dont think he has the balls, he will pick all the same people we've seen over the last couple of years
I would say there are very few people actually nailed on, even Savea who is one of our few world beaters, there is still talk if hes better to go to 7 to make way for sotutu at 8. is cane still our captain? yes and apparently has been in great form for the chiefs....but hes just so injury prone...but once again i dont think fozzie will change that
I do love seeing guys stick their hand up hoping for selection, i mainly only get to watch the Highlanders games so i have a very narrow focus...but Thomas Umaga Jensen is looking very good, one small ****le meant he missed a week but came back and scored a ripper of the try off the bench, As mentioned in the Super Rugby Thread Ainsley has been very strong working with De Groot (im a huge fan of picking combinations rather than individuals) he's shown up a few all blacks or former all blacks already and has been very mobile around the park
I think those are the only two that have even a slight sniff from the Highlanders to get a call up
A real Bolter ive seen suggested a couple of times if Sam Gilbert, Leading point scored in Super rugby this year, 99% wont happen but he has definitely moved into that group of players that wouldn't disgrace themself if given the chance due to injury or something, his positional play is first rate, pretty much always in the right place to take a kick return and he's jordie barrett size so has the long leaver kick on him
Personally i wouldn't mind if we didn't see Frizell again, even putting aside his thuggishness off field....he's missed a fair chunk of the season all ready and was struggling to really step up in the black jersey before that, in the past an all black coming back from injury would go straight in...but last week sean withy kept him out of the starting XV, he is one to watch out for in the future, he's going from strength to strength