Boxy and Smith will retire from international football after the WC, and yes Hughes should be ahead of Tommy S already in the CB pecking order.
Good chance Issac will get a 1st AWs cap before 2026 finishes, but the WC is unlikely for him. Especially now that Stanger is back starting in the SPL.
Hughes would likely need two of Pijnaker, Tuiloma & Stanger either injured or not playing for their clubs to make the final 26.
Still IH is the best transfer fee prospect for the Nix in the immediate short term. UK born and you'd think some League One clubs will be looking at him.
As Baze says in this short snippet this squad is for this window, the WC selection will be different. For example I think Bazeley almost sees Tuiloma more as a RB option for the WC, if Surman, Bindon, Boxall & Pijnaker are all available. Billy T has played more as RB for the AWs this cycle than as a CB.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360954427/all-whites-coach-darren-bazeley-facing-finland-chile
Good chance Issac will get a 1st AWs cap before 2026 finishes, but the WC is unlikely for him. Especially now that Stanger is back starting in the SPL.
Hughes would likely need two of Pijnaker, Tuiloma & Stanger either injured or not playing for their clubs to make the final 26.
Still IH is the best transfer fee prospect for the Nix in the immediate short term. UK born and you'd think some League One clubs will be looking at him.
As Baze says in this short snippet this squad is for this window, the WC selection will be different. For example I think Bazeley almost sees Tuiloma more as a RB option for the WC, if Surman, Bindon, Boxall & Pijnaker are all available. Billy T has played more as RB for the AWs this cycle than as a CB.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/360954427/all-whites-coach-darren-bazeley-facing-finland-chile