Of the last 24 matches against New Zealand opposition away from home, the Blues have won only one (against the Hurricanes in Wellington in 2013). There will have been plenty for the All Blacks' selectors to digest there, and then of course once Sonny Bill Williams took the field in the second half. Blues wing Matt Duffie impressed me again, and he must be impressing the All Blacks selectors too. Wes Goosen's performance at the weekend for the Hurricanes was impressive, and obviously you have Julian Savea and Nehe Milner-Skudder there as well. The big losers of course were the Blues, at the bottom of the NZ conference now and with a match against the Hurricanes up next.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 09, 2017 17:03 UTC