Will be nice to focus on the All Whites for a little bit with how poor the Nix have been.
Might be the least interesting squad naming of all time though. Definitely won't be any bolters. I expect it'll be a 24 man squad again, just like November, and I expect at least 22 of the November squad will keep their places. Gillion will be dropped, Ben Waine might be. Garbett potentially vulnerable too, but I think it would be too big a call to drop him for the semi/final when he has been so important for us over the past 18 months.
Mata a very good chance of coming in, and maybe Randall & Howieson could get recalls.
I'd be extremely surprised to see any other ins or outs. Old isn't fit enough yet. Kirwan and Wilkins probably haven't done quite enough to unseat any of our fullbacks from November.
Edit: subject to player fitness, fingers crossed no injuries between now and the end of the coming weekend etc
Might be the least interesting squad naming of all time though. Definitely won't be any bolters. I expect it'll be a 24 man squad again, just like November, and I expect at least 22 of the November squad will keep their places. Gillion will be dropped, Ben Waine might be. Garbett potentially vulnerable too, but I think it would be too big a call to drop him for the semi/final when he has been so important for us over the past 18 months.
Mata a very good chance of coming in, and maybe Randall & Howieson could get recalls.
I'd be extremely surprised to see any other ins or outs. Old isn't fit enough yet. Kirwan and Wilkins probably haven't done quite enough to unseat any of our fullbacks from November.
Edit: subject to player fitness, fingers crossed no injuries between now and the end of the coming weekend etc