Patrick Tuipulotu

He'd just be the type of player who could take on the box, I think.

I rate Patrick Tuipulotu, but he hasn't shown me... enough i don't think in the last couple of tests i don't think he'd be in my starting side in terms of locks i know fabian holland was obviously sick so that kept him out of that match uh sam derry i thought was was good enough um but i'm not sure you feel about any of that melzi

i i do have a feeling about our locking situation i i would like to see consistency and selection I understand that...

How many test matches have you played this year? Four here.

Kia ora lads, I believe we are missing a heavier tight lock who is primarily a scrummager, ball carrier, shifter of bodies and lifter.

That 6566 build with body mass, for me I would be comfortable with Scott Barrett locking with Fabian Holland.

Patrick Tuipulotu fits that physical build but unfortunately has fallen short in the metrics I mentioned.

Oh for a Brad Thorne at the moment.

We still can't catch a damn high ball, we still can't scrum, and we still can't defend our own line.

We persist with old heads, don't we? Such as Codie Taylor, Patrick Tuipulotu, Anton Lienert-Brown, at the expense of players such as Tavita Mata'afa, the likes of Jamie Hanna, and starting a Mua or, or an alternative hooker.

Unbelievable.

You know, we got a staff of forty over there in addition to the players.

Who was the best in the country coming into the naming of this All Black team in June? Duplessy Kariri.

Couldn't get picked though.

Rico could, Beauden could, Anton Lienert-Brown could, Patrick Tuipulotu could.

I don't need a friend, I need a coach.

Looking forward to finding out if he's the same player or perhaps even a better player than he was when he left for Japan.

A lot of responsibility on his shoulders and on the shoulders of the likes of Jordie Barrett, captain for the day, Codie Taylor, Patrick Tuipulotu as well.

If it were to happen, what would a third straight defeat mean for the All Blacks? The last time that happened was in 2022 when Ireland won the second and third tests of their tour, Dunedin and Wellington, and then the All Blacks lost in South Africa.

And that third defeat took Ian Foster to the brink of being sacked.

He sort of alternated between the two roles this year, hasn't he? I don't think that means that Dave Rennie doesn't know which is best.

I just think in a week-to-week, test-to-test scenario, he just decides where Tupou Vai is best suited.

He doesn't have Fabian Holland this week, but he's brought Patrick Tuipulotu in.

I think you get a lot from Patrick Tuipulotu in a ball-carrying sense and the way that he hits rucks.

But where we are right now, they can't.

And I don't think Fletcher Newell starting at three and Paddy Tuipulotu at five is gonna change that.

Um, so they've had to make some changes.

We're gonna see Luke Jacobson to Ethan Blackadder, what's the drop-off there, if there is any.