'Our backline was keen to play': Rieko Ioane on his starring performance against Los Pumas

Disagree.

The challenge for the All Blacks now that they have 7 of 8 starting forwards locked in and all but one bench forward (only one loose forward and bench loosie to settle on) is to sort out the starting backline as only 9 Roigard, 12 J. Barrett, 11 Clarke and 15 Jordan had good to outstanding seasons in 2024. All the other backs were inconsistent or poor and question marks going into 2025.

he should not be playing 12. He should be playing 10 and team managers should stop playing players out of position to accommodate libbok.