Aaron Smith

So I think what you've seen with Cam Roigard, and again, like Ross, I'd be really interested to see where the New Zealand public and media sit with him.

Aaron Smith, for me, was one of the greatest.

When you think about the nines that dine at the top table, you're thinking of your Jus van der Vestasens, you're thinking of your George Greagans, you're thinking of your Aaron Smiths and guys like that.

And I wonder where the New Zealand public rank You know, is he being compared to Aaron Smith yet? If so, like that seems still quite early to me to compare him to one of the greatest nines who ever played the game.

But if I look at it as a whole, now DuPont's going to say he's come back.

A full singing on song DuPont is still the best nine in my opinion.

The one for the try, after not playing any rugby for whatever, six months, I don't think any other scrum half, I've never seen another scrum half in Ireland in the last few years, throw that pass off his left, over, like the defence is squeezed in and I just, actually, I think there's only about four or five scrum halves under pressure in that kind of environment can throw that in the world.

So, you know, he'd have 30 caps for the All Blacks if he had tried to squeeze in between Roy Gard and Aaron Smith.

But thankfully he chose Ireland and he can go for...

He can go till he's 40, really, because physically he doesn't shirk anything.

I look at 2015, the semi final against South Africa, 2018, pissing out with rain.

So it didn't come down to the attacking side but what we did really well in 2015 is that we could play that attacking brand but when it became nice and tight and going to a kicking game, we had a Dan Carter and Aaron Smith and we were able to implement a really good game management kicking side so To come back to the question, I think we are going to continue to keep playing this exciting brand of rugby.

We had seven turnovers on the weekend, which is a really good low rate for us.

And if we can be in the single digits with our attack, then we're going to be able to have opportunities to score tries.

Yeah

... those type of guys, right? Where you're just coming through, and you got Aaron Smith and that in front of you.

Like, it's a timing thing.

Even, like, your Luke Romanos and your Locks.

Speaking of campaigning, Janina, I just want to say Fielding High, remarkable rugby school.

Aaron Smith, Sam Whitelock, Cody Taylor, Sarah Herney, what an incredible school.

Anyway, speaking of campaigning, there are just two weeks, in fact, less than two weeks left to enroll for voting in the general election.

How is rural New Zealand going on the enrollment front?

It just...

Like, you think back to Aaron Smith, clear the ball, clear the ball, clear the ball.

Hardly ever ran.

Clear the ball, clear the ball, kick the ball.

Marshall was a special player.

Hm.

Yeah, well, as is Roigard, but so was Aaron Smith in his own way.

In their own-