Sam Derry

okay.

Sam Derry.

Good, but great.

Is that a question at the end of great, is it?

I mean, I was talking to Brian about it this morning.

Paddy Tupelotu, Sam Derry, Bowdoin Barrett, all potentially missing for the Blues.

I don't know how that would affect the Reds as well.

Oh, it'll affect plenty.

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.

You kind of think of the great locking combinations we had in the past, Robin Brook, Ian Jones, Retallick Whitelock.

There was consistency in selection.

And you know me about Sam Derry.

I think he's had a brilliant year for the Blues.

Look, I was wrapped that Josh Lord, they're giving Josh Lord a go.

Um, Sam Derry was there.

Um, so they are trying to bring them through.

I, I, I ...

So at the moment, it's a sophomore starting with Takiho off the bench.

You have a change at lock with Sam Derry coming straight into the team.

And then Fabian Holland dropping off into the bench.

You have Peter Lakai coming to lose forward.

I think for the Springboks, it's an area that we'll target with Moua and Tokio, but with the ball in hand, I think the All Blacks obviously want to keep the ball more this weekend, and I think they've just added more carriers, a little more going on, and then, obviously, Tokio on the bench.

Yeah.

And I mean, I guess you're right with that, Cooks, because Sam Derry is also a mobile linker type of lock.

Like he also, I mean, it seems like everyone that's two meters in New Zealand has an engine that doesn't stop, but he'll hit a thousand racks.

I think it's a fascinating, fascinating selection.

I think Sam Derry is a fascinating selection.

Yeah.

And you know obviously keeping Tupou Vai in the lock, you need to have a place for him.