I don't have any major complaints with the team, really.
Thought Elliot would have got in the team rather than Flynn. I expect Flynn will only be on the fringes anyway, so I it doesn't bother me too much.
I don't like Ellis either, but quite frankly there's nobody else. I don't rate Mathewson at all. He isn't anything special, imo, and at least Ellis has got some experience at international level. Cowan's starting to arrive on the international scene, so as long as he stays fit I'd expect him to start, with Weepu as second choice and Ellis as third.
Can't understand the criticism of Hosea Gear. He may have gone missing in the final, but how many other players were there on the Wellington team (including present All Blacks) that went missing as well?
You only have to look back a week later where he put in another great performance and saved Wellington's skins. against Southland. I also recall him saving the Hurricanes' ass versus the Bulls a couple of seasons back as well with a great individual try.
He's served his apprenticeship (more so than Rudi Wulf imo) and deserves to be in the squad. I expect him to do a lot more in the All Blacks than Wulf and Tuitavake have. Although, in Tuitavake's defence, he's more of a centre than a winger.
