Caleb Clarke

Then, you know, Quintin Paia, Luke Jaco- Jacobson, Fabian Holland out with an illness.

Caleb Clarke, um, had to leave the tour, Billy Proctor and others.

And we didn't have Scott Barrett available or Temati Williams, Lester Faingaanuku.

Shannon Frizell soon will be back.

Like we've still got Fineanga Nofo, we've got Amone, all these guys that are wingers, right?

Even Caleb Clarke.

Like Caleb Clarke's been out injured, who was probably their preferred left winger at the start of the year.

Yeah.

And then there's my man Shae Fihaki, the best edge defender in the country, who still hasn't made-

Yeah, I think, I think there's personnel, there's a personnel kind of thing there as well.

I think if you're har- They lost Caleb Clarke on the, on the eve of the series, a very kind of solid aerial winger who gives them a bit more punch, um, in the c- in the closer exchanges.

I think they'll probably want Scott Barrett back and Samiti Williams back to their, to their tight five, which but clearly bolsters their scrummaging, clearly bolsters their, their maul game.

So I think, I th- I just think it's...

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I just feel as though that left wing position, the famous number 11 All Blacks jersey, is such a contestable position right now.

I've just written down here, Leroy Carter, Josh Morby, Caleb Clarke, Fehi Finau-Anganofu, Caleb Tangitao, Rieko Ioane.

I mean, there's six pretty decent candidates for that number 11 jersey.

And then in October, Kyren Tauamoefolau qualifies for the All Blacks.

Um, well, no, he was in the initial squad, sorry.

But at the same time, he's not considered, um, in the top three wingers, and then you've got Caleb Clarke, who's not there, so there's another one.

Yeah

So, you know, a fair way down the pecking order.

Um, so I think he'd go all right.

And the other one is Caleb Clarke.

Oh, yeah.

I think he'd be destructive-

You know, we, we can't pick apart any of the selections.

The only two players we're missing was Siya Kolisi for us and Caleb Clarke for the All Blacks that would've potentially featured in the starting 23.

But outside of that, I think we can't be too, too upset about, you know, the selections that the coaches made.

Yeah, I d- I, I don't know.

And I think he's backing quite a few guys who we as South Africans may not know so well, like Morby on the left wing.

He's done really well in the tour game so far in South Africa and certainly deserves his spot because Caleb Clarke is out injured and he's out of the tour.

But I think he's taking a risk with Damien McKenzie at fullback.

I I saw Damien McKenzie, it was a video clip on Twitter, he was limping a bit after training.