Etene Nanai-Seturo returns as Chiefs visit Dunedin

He’s made his 4th lions tour.

Recently retired test players who have won tours with him describe him as a driver of standards.

Good enough for me.

With the CC, the numbers differ:

Ntamack: 1479 minutes (26 games)

Ramos: 2205 (28 games)

Flament: 1923 (30 games)

Penaud: 2045 (26 games)

LBB: 2277 (30 games)

Baille: 635 (18 games)

Marchand: 1321 (30 games)

Aldegheri: 1303 (29 games)

Meafou: 1503 (30 games)

Cros: 1759 (26 games)

Barassi is on the tour with his 1751 minutes and 25 games.

Don’t forget that thinking that you can apply those same 2000 minutes rule for props is obviously impossible.

Unless you know something we don't? All those lonely nights hiding in the changing rooms has served you well.

What did you hear, Ed?

Who's in on it?

Some pup.

He hasn't been draughted into the starting 15 for the series. He's 4th choice Fly-halve and 4th choice centre cover.

He has proven pedigree via the last 3 tours and is second only to Dan (Din) Carter in total PTS scored in the sports history.

Although hypothetical (don't like them) was he not related to Farrell would their be nearly as much outrage???

He's a seat sniffer.

That's hilarious. Emoji time 😂😅🤣

Bummer.

Andy Farrell’s game plan clearly calls for a Sam Prendergast impersonation when in possession. Russell is great at that. Fin Smith is great at that. Owen Farrell probably could do that if needed to but it wouldn’t be his natural game. Marcus Smith is incapable of it.

Farrell is probably in the squad mainly for his leadership, rather than what he can do on the pitch, but if he gets any significant game time it will probably be either as a sub, or as a centre.

Centres can basically be asked to do four things when in attack; (1) act as playmakers, (2) join forward pods, (3) run crash balls, (4) act as strike runners. Farrell is great at (1), surprisingly adept at (2), not great at (3), and inept at (4). But his dad’s system seems to mainly require a combination of (1) and (2) from his centres.

I’d much rather have them here than ever inviting ‘France’ to bother making the trip out again, until they stop treating all the SH tours with such contempt.