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Speaker 1: It is the first All Blacks game of the year.

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Speaker 1: This Saturday, of course, playing the first of three Tests

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Speaker 1: against France in Dunedin. Got four debutantes named in the

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Speaker 1: side and from Dunedin we have the All Blacks assistant

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Speaker 1: coach Scott Hansen.

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Speaker 2: Hay Scott, Hey, here the hell are you today? Well?

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Speaker 1: Thank you? All those four fresh ones are a surprise.

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Speaker 2: Aim well, they will deserve it, so we're excited for

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Speaker 2: them and their families. It's always a proud moment when

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Speaker 2: you are named to be an All back, but also

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Speaker 2: for your first Test cap. So the excitement in the

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Speaker 2: room to see the smiles and a joy on their

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Speaker 2: faces a.

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Speaker 1: Cool moment is a little bit of it that you

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Speaker 1: can also afford to take a bit of a chance

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Speaker 1: one like as big a number of fresh ones because

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Speaker 1: the French side is so rubbish.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I said, the narrative you're given there, it's

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Speaker 2: not the narrative we're giving it all. We see the

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Speaker 2: French as a very good side with a lot of depth.

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Speaker 2: They play one of the best competitions domestically in the world.

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Speaker 2: The Six Nations champions coming down here with no fear

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Speaker 2: what we've selected either as a team we feel will

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Speaker 2: allow us to play the game that we need this weekend,

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Speaker 2: And included in that is for deputont So we're really

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Speaker 2: excited for them and the opportunity in front of us.

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Speaker 1: Why is Demo on the bench, Oh.

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Speaker 2: He's going to give us what we need around that bench. Also,

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Speaker 2: just his ability to ignite our game both at teen

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Speaker 2: and full back. Bod yet teen leads us well. They

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Speaker 2: both have the opportunity to lead the All Blacks at

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Speaker 2: a ten. They've both got the skills to play fullbacks too,

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Speaker 2: so we're very lucky in that sense.

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Speaker 1: Do you think that this will be the way that

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Speaker 1: you roll it with Boden Barrett starting, Damien McKenzie coming

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Speaker 1: off the bench, or will you kind of for the

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Speaker 1: season or will you mix it up game to game?

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Speaker 1: Do you think?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I think so either. I just think our ability

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Speaker 2: to have our talent in different areas of the field,

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Speaker 2: the ability for us to adjust our game with both

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Speaker 2: Demac and Body, And you've obviously got a Reuben Love

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Speaker 2: there too around just you know, pushing and challenging those two,

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Speaker 2: which has been great for us in the last couple

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Speaker 2: of days at training. But I think we're really confident

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Speaker 2: in our group and who will go out each weekend

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Speaker 2: and put on whatever number juty that may be.

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Speaker 1: How are you feeling about the season? Last season was

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Speaker 1: a little bit kind of hit and miss, which was

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Speaker 1: fair enough for a new coaching team and you know,

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Speaker 1: so on, But how are you feeling. Are you feeling

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Speaker 1: like you guys are going to nail it this year?

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Speaker 2: I'm feeling really confident with the group who we've got.

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Speaker 2: The leadership group's been outstanding here that around grabbing this group,

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Speaker 2: connecting them early and being really decisive around our game

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Speaker 2: and what that looks like. So this time of the year,

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Speaker 2: there's always excitement around what's in front of you. You're

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Speaker 2: always going to go through challenges. You're always going to learn.

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Speaker 2: I won't always be perfect for us. We'll adjust, we'll adapt,

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Speaker 2: we'll learn. We know it's going to be that season.

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Speaker 2: It's a very challenging one, but one we're definitely very

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Speaker 2: excited for.

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Speaker 1: Good luck, Scott, really hope you do well. That's Scott Hansen,

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Speaker 1: all Blacks assistant coach from Dunedin. For more from Hither

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