All Blacks' Team for Japan Reveals Northern Strategy

That's a big mobile forward pack. However there is not a lot of Test experience there and not a lot of xp off the bench apart from Ofa.
Looking forward to this test. I have more confidence in a backline that has xp drained from it as there is still a number of caps in the starting 15 and the bench.

Might have to do some catch up on the PacNat cup and see what Eddie has done with Japan

A very exciting All blacks , at last lakai and love are getting their chance , would like to see kini naholo get a shot in the black shirt. .

Great to see new players getting game time

telea gets the ball ripped off him every single game. Great to see tosi and tamighty and darry and perofeta and cam and proctor however..................thats so many changes that it will be hard to make conclusions for any one player. I have seen this before from abs coaches. They dont make enough changes and then they do it all in one seemingly insignificant game and they dont all play as well as you would hope and that seemingly acts as confirmation for the abs coaches that their original team is the best. Absolutely infuriating.

Feels like Razor's management has been listening, toss things and let the younguins prove themselves, for the benefit of creating internal competition.
Great Analysis!

Sam Canes exit from ABs 5 years to late.

I think they'll move Perofeta into 10 late in the game or earlier if they get out to a comfortable lead , and Love into the 15 position

Love 🔥

It’s going to be great to see Lakai and Roigard out there this weekend

great cogent analysis - thank you

I can nearly forgive Razors mistake of taking Reece and Havilli as I will be on edge to see Roigard and Perofeta play.Thought he(Perofeta) was solid against England at the back and Sititi at preferred position with Lakai on the bench.....man dreams do come true.....

Julian, how exactly are you going to watch this game in the States? I don’t see it on Flo, NBC or Peacock . VPN perhaps?

What is your accent?

Just look at that Pack .ok its not tier one in experience and fortitude as yet but it smacks of intention and possibility including a proper loose forward trio now tweak a name here and there... Bomb-disposal...

What an exciting line up! Wish we gave more game time to these guys in the previous games.. but can’t wait to see what they do this weekend

great review, just subscribed!

I'm thinking Barrett will start at 6 against England with Sititi at 8 and Ardie moving to 7.

sam cane needs a soft why , fall back tackle.

The midfield pair has truckloads of experience in the 12 and 13, they are not converted outside backs, this combination has huge potential, could be our #1 duo, be great to see how they perform, this young forward pack, Sam Cane obvious omission, is chokka full of talent and enthusiasm, the experience will be great for their future, the all-Chiefs loose trio could cause havoc too all over the park, on both sides of the ball, that'll be a keen watch, well done Patrick Tuipolotu as skipper, will lock the engine room with franchise teammate, young gun Sam Darry.... yeah...LETS GO BABY....

No guys Razor and his team haven't been listening to "couch coaches' they would have had an immediate and long term view of team selections for the year this team is not only selected for a particular game plan in mind but also the time to bring in newbies all going well many of these players will become strong impact players for the present and main players for the future

Mark Telea has been hesitant whenever he gets the ball,we would like to see him pin his ears back and go for that try line..

The most exciting team since the baby Blacks.

This lineup means nothing, it's just a run out for some who haven't had much game time.

This is ABs v Fiji 2.0. It doesn't mean anything. Razor is fearful and deeply conservative, the puritan of AB coaching. The team next week will be exactly the same as the one that played SA bar injuries. Paranoid and uninspiring, that's Christchurch's Razor.

Who cares let them play go THE MIGHTY ALLBLACKS

Looks like a good team. Massive, massive forward pack. I think we shouldn't expect a huge win, as the new combos will take a bit to gel, but exciting to see all the young talent coming through. Feel like we're getting a glimpse of the future.

Sititi at 8 maybe means Savea potentially moving to 7 in the future? I feel like we're starting to build decent depth everywhere now

the trouble of jack of all trades is being master of none, we need masters of every position, players playing their preferred position

You forgot we will get to see Josh Lord to show us what he has got. Another exciting future prospect

no All Barrett's at last - this is the future

nobody is being rested - all the frontline players has had plenty of rest - this is just a team to experiment with new options and new faces