Nemani Nadolo announces retirement from international rugby

ALB makes an absolute meal of the whole situation with the truly horrible line he decides to run back infield. Desperately needed a line keep the defence square but he just ambles infield into the exact space Ioane is eying up and the defenders close the space easily. Maybe Ioane thought the ball was heading to ALB, but he HAS to catch that ball.

Why has it taken so long for Schmidt to select Skelton ? Because he's a kiwi living in NZ doing his best to not put Australia's best team on the paddock. We saw this with Deans, we saw it with Rennie and lo and behold, Schmidt is exactly the same.

Thankfully karma is finally catching up to NZ rugby.

The ERC however, no one cares about it.

There are wonderfully skilled players but are NZ coaches developing a style that allows them to express themselves, to react instinctively and show their flair?

We're still following trends and as long as we continue in that vein, we'll continue to be just off the pace of the trend setters.

England have still to get their recently dominant U20s pack players to get going at senior level too but there's roo many holes in the front row for them. It's a pretty exciting time looking ahead for a few teams.

The two fastest All Black backs both prefer other positions than wing - Rieko Ioane and Will Jordan.

Telea is lighting quick across first 10-15 metres but does not have outright speed. Couple times in the England tests earlier this year, he was shown the outside and he couldn't burn the English and had to step inside.

Then Reece - can't recall the name of the English winger in the last minutes of the 2nd test who just gassed him on the outside, and then over the weekend - being shown up like that will be surprised if he is in the squad next year no matter how good his feet are.

I expect a couple of big movers for next year's Super comp:

Billy Proctor will be told to work on his defence; his attack is outstanding, and if he can get his defence right, I think he will move into 13, and maybe Ioane will be back in wing.

Lester Fainga'anuku - Is back from France, so the big question will be if he is looked at as a centre or wing?

Reuben Love - Something special and has what you can't coach - outright gas. Would not be surprised to see him at 15 and Jordan shunted to wing next year.

And a guess - Watch out for Harry Godfrey for the Hurricanes, looked special in both U20's and Hawkes Bay. I have watched him past couple of years and he could be a real smokie next year and surprise some people at either 10 or 15.

Forwards from 1-8 - you can see real depth being built across Super teams. As I have said, ABs will shortly have WC starters and finishers in the pack, and I'm picking we will have the ability to match and beat the Boks at their own game with our Bomb squad.

Part of me wishes the NZRU would be as forthright as FFR in protecting the interests of Super rugby instead of compromising it to suit national interests.

I don't find fault with either party but more World rugby's failure to establish a better aligned calendar for test and club rugby.