Rematch Time!
Weird as it sounds i would have no problem with the Cantabs picking up 5 pts here to up their playoffs chance.
and if they made the playoffs, watch out. Suddenly all those All Blacks in the side would have their brains filled with blood and murder
plus it would rule the cantabs out of AB's test vs Samoa the week after, along with some other NZ sides. Bar the Blues.
then the AB side might look like this:
1 Woodcock.
2 Mealamu,
3 Faumuina
4 S.Whitelock (no need to rest him, he can play every day if need be)
5 B.Retallick (chiefs go out in week 1 of playoffs)
6.Akira Ioane,
7.S.Cane
8 Steven Luatua
10. D.Carter (indestructible!)
11. Waisake Naholo* (get the lad capped quicktime, thats Poaching 101)
12. Francis Saili,
13. George Moala,
14. Frank Halai
15. Lolagi Visinia,
The only downside of this awesome spectacle would be NZ losing their alltime undefeated standing vs Samoa.
*Jamie Joseph to receive mysterious phone call in death of night from unnamed NZRFU employee.
"Naholo. You put him on the bench. You hear me? BENCH.
No, you don't need to know who this f**king is. B-E-N-N-C-H.
That spells bench."