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<blockquote data-quote="Larksea" data-source="post: 358385" data-attributes="member: 43875">Interesting side, shame not more northern players in the team but I guess it&#039;s hard to get them released from clubs. I&#039;m glad it&#039;s mostly Kiwi&#039;s but it would be better if there was more of a mix - create more interest.I hope Donald gets a good run. I&#039;m sure he&#039;ll do well and Get some confidence from it. He&#039;s a better player than the one qustionable kick most people in NZ want to hang him for - heck even carter makes mistakes and has bad days. His poor kicking for goal during most of the game kept the welsh in that last test. And Donald didn&#039;t get much time on this tour and I&#039;m sure a lot of that was because Carter had that record in his sights and the coaches wouldn&#039;t want to take that away by subbing him. Could see Carter was really ****** off when he got subbed against Scotland. He really didn&#039;t look happy to come off the field.I&#039;ll also have an eye on Chris Jack as well, I think he could be a real asset for the AB&#039;s next year and a good performance here could see the AB coaches pass some attention his way. Like Brad Thorn he&#039;s a big tough dude who toils away in the tight but IMO he&#039;s a much better lineout option than Thorn. I see the lineout as such a critical area for the AB&#039;s because it&#039;s an area that if it&#039;s not working well it&#039;s so easy for the oposition to target and use to their advantage - more so than any other set play in the game. Just look at 2009, the root of the AB&#039;s losses to South Africa was because of a lineout that performed badly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Larksea, post: 358385, member: 43875"] Interesting side, shame not more northern players in the team but I guess it's hard to get them released from clubs. I'm glad it's mostly Kiwi's but it would be better if there was more of a mix - create more interest. I hope Donald gets a good run. I'm sure he'll do well and Get some confidence from it. He's a better player than the one qustionable kick most people in NZ want to hang him for - heck even carter makes mistakes and has bad days. His poor kicking for goal during most of the game kept the welsh in that last test. And Donald didn't get much time on this tour and I'm sure a lot of that was because Carter had that record in his sights and the coaches wouldn't want to take that away by subbing him. Could see Carter was really ****** off when he got subbed against Scotland. He really didn't look happy to come off the field. I'll also have an eye on Chris Jack as well, I think he could be a real asset for the AB's next year and a good performance here could see the AB coaches pass some attention his way. Like Brad Thorn he's a big tough dude who toils away in the tight but IMO he's a much better lineout option than Thorn. I see the lineout as such a critical area for the AB's because it's an area that if it's not working well it's so easy for the oposition to target and use to their advantage - more so than any other set play in the game. Just look at 2009, the root of the AB's losses to South Africa was because of a lineout that performed badly. [/QUOTE]

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