He'll know he has to manage workloads and occasionally make calls players won't like by resting them. All four of the Chiefs, Highlanders, Hurricanes and Crusaders can finish top of the New Zealand Conference. The physical and mental intensity will be extreme and won't relent until a champion has been crowned on August 6. The impact of that may not be felt immediately, but at some stage in the next few months, it will be. The Hurricanes, Blues, Crusaders and Highlanders had fierce local derbies the week before the June tests.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 12, 2016 07:07 UTC