1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Right now. Saturday, the final test the AB's v France. 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Ten changes to the lineup to the starting fifteen ahead 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,680 Speaker 1: of that game. Boden Barrett is out with a hand injury. 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: Damien McKenzie is in at number ten. Pressures off somewhat 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,200 Speaker 1: because we've already won games one and two. Jason Holland 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,079 Speaker 1: is the assistant coach of the AB's with me now, Hi, Jason. 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:21,079 Speaker 2: Hey you right here? You go? Yeah? 8 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:23,120 Speaker 1: Good, thank you? Few changes for you guys. 9 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:27,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's exciting. Been quite a few boys who 10 00:00:27,960 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: have been getting all over our game and training with 11 00:00:31,040 --> 00:00:33,640 Speaker 2: us for four or five weeks now and nag get 12 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: the opportunity to put it out on the park. So 13 00:00:35,800 --> 00:00:37,280 Speaker 2: you know, it is exciting, and I know a lot 14 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 2: of them are a chumping at the bit to get 15 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:39,480 Speaker 2: into it. 16 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,640 Speaker 1: What's the strategy do you weigh up giving people game 17 00:00:42,680 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 1: time versus you know, not underplaying your hand against the French. 18 00:00:48,720 --> 00:00:52,320 Speaker 2: Look, I suppose we don't. There's been some unreal competition 19 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 2: over the last four or five weeks and makes our boys. 20 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 2: You know, you look at some of the guys who 21 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,880 Speaker 2: are coming in and some are returning from injury. You know, 22 00:00:58,960 --> 00:01:02,400 Speaker 2: some seasons eyes like an Anton, Lenut Brown and Quinta 23 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,680 Speaker 2: Pye and those sorts of boys. We've got lots of experience, 24 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 2: so look at the matter of guys getting an opportunity 25 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 2: and we see this pretty good competition. Not much between 26 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:11,840 Speaker 2: a lot of our players as they shouldn't been in 27 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:15,959 Speaker 2: an all black side. So you expecting the performance to keep 28 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,000 Speaker 2: the keep on it up for trajectory. 29 00:01:18,440 --> 00:01:20,520 Speaker 1: How bad is Bowden's injury? 30 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 2: Yeah? Lit a little bit nigglly really my thing. 31 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 3: It's just a we're always sort of it's swallowing up 32 00:01:27,080 --> 00:01:30,760 Speaker 3: a little bit and it's probably something that we're just 33 00:01:30,760 --> 00:01:32,679 Speaker 3: going to make sure that it's he's right for a 34 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:34,800 Speaker 3: couple of weeks time in Argentina, So it wasn't worth 35 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 3: a risk this. 36 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:37,679 Speaker 1: Week, So he'll be back, Like it's not that it's 37 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 1: not serious toious. He'll be back in time for Argentina. 38 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 2: Yeah, we're expecting him to be on the plane and 39 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,360 Speaker 2: available for the test one in Argentina. 40 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: Yuse, is you breaking all your barretts, Jason? 41 00:01:48,920 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 2: It takes to break a barrett too, right, We're just 42 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 2: better put Jordia in gotton rule. 43 00:01:54,640 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: A lot of chefs in the side too. Is this 44 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:00,400 Speaker 1: tactical reasons or is this for the Hamilton crowd. 45 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:02,440 Speaker 3: Oh, it was a little bit. 46 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 2: Of a little bit of getting the boys games on 47 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:07,760 Speaker 2: their home ground. But it's a little bit the way 48 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:10,720 Speaker 2: it's panned out, as I said with Albe with Antoninnett 49 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,519 Speaker 2: Brown and guys like that coming back, but make it 50 00:02:13,560 --> 00:02:17,680 Speaker 2: added added often to what we're doing. And you know, 51 00:02:17,720 --> 00:02:20,000 Speaker 2: all those boys don'tant to let the Hamilton crowd down, 52 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:22,880 Speaker 2: but the other boys are excited to get a performance 53 00:02:22,919 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 2: here for the rest of us. 54 00:02:25,320 --> 00:02:28,440 Speaker 1: And what about Fabian Holland. This is his third start 55 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: for the All Blacks against the French. He must be 56 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,519 Speaker 1: pretty happy with that. But you're obviously seeing good things. 57 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 2: Yeah, look, we're he's doing everything we've sort of expected 58 00:02:39,600 --> 00:02:42,040 Speaker 2: him to do after watching him through the last couple 59 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,240 Speaker 2: of years of super and he's just sladderling nicely and 60 00:02:45,520 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 2: we'd just encourage him to do his job and be 61 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: here he is, and maybe he's done everything we've asked 62 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: of him and more so, Yeah, he deserves a spot. 63 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 2: And yeah, three starts straight up, straight up against the 64 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 2: French is a great way to start a career. 65 00:02:58,520 --> 00:03:00,959 Speaker 1: Zooming out for a second and you must be feeling 66 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,160 Speaker 1: quite happy with how things are going this season, with 67 00:03:04,240 --> 00:03:08,079 Speaker 1: how the team's performing. With that development, you know, everyone's 68 00:03:08,080 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: getting a chance to have a to have a run 69 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:12,799 Speaker 1: on the field, to have a bite of the cherry. 70 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: You must be happy with where things are going. 71 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, as coaches, you're obviously you worry about performance 72 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 2: and that will bring the outcome. And we feel like 73 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,480 Speaker 2: we're improving from Test one to Test two. Still, you know, 74 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:29,080 Speaker 2: there's a lot of things when we reviewed last week 75 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 2: where we definitely need to be better and keep getting better. 76 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 2: So yeah, I suppose the answers we're happy with our 77 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:37,520 Speaker 2: improvement from a week one to two, but really sure 78 00:03:37,520 --> 00:03:39,880 Speaker 2: that you know, there's a lot more at a lot 79 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:42,560 Speaker 2: of areas we can find tune and me better. So 80 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 2: that's the focus going forward for this week and going forward. 81 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 1: What's the main thing you're wanting to fix. 82 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:54,560 Speaker 2: There's a couple of things around our around our kick game. 83 00:03:54,600 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 2: We want to be better in the air. We want 84 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:58,000 Speaker 2: to get more more ball back. You know, we know 85 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 2: the French kick a lot. That's what they base of 86 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:02,560 Speaker 2: either attack around as giving balls back off kicks, and 87 00:04:02,600 --> 00:04:04,800 Speaker 2: we want to kick that away from them. And also 88 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 2: if we're going to keep contestable kicks. We want to 89 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 2: give them back, so that's been a big focus, and 90 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 2: in just our finish, really making sure if we create 91 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:15,920 Speaker 2: opportunities that we're pretty ruthless around putting things away and 92 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 2: scoring tries from our line breaks. So there are a 93 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 2: couple of things that have been bigger than in our. 94 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 1: Chats this week, kicking, catching and finishing. I look forward 95 00:04:25,480 --> 00:04:30,040 Speaker 1: to the game on the weekend. Jason, thank you beautiful, 96 00:04:30,160 --> 00:04:33,039 Speaker 1: thanks for your time. It's Jason Holland, All Black assistant 97 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,240 Speaker 1: coach with us tonight twenty three minutes after five here 98 00:04:35,279 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: on News Talks. 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