By Gregor Paul in WellingtonOnce again the All Blacks have a tricky midfield puzzle to solve with the selectors having to decide whether to pick Anton Lienert-Brown, Seta Tamanivalu or Rieko Ioane to start against Australia this week. The certainty is that Malakai Fekitoa is going to start, but the question is who will partner him? All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen has shown he's an astute judge of when and how to introduce younger, inexperienced players into test football. Assistant coach Ian Foster said there is a preferred plan in mind and that Tamanivalu's previous experience with the team through the June series, had perhaps given him a head start on the other two. "Seta has obviously been with us before so he is got a head start in terms of his knowledge of what we do.
Source: New Zealand Herald August 23, 2016 06:45 UTC