god help us if carter gets injured. Colin slades performance against the boks was pathetic and he single handedly lost the test for us. For goodness sakes he's not even under pressure of losing his world cup spot, he was always the back up ist five, So what the hell happened? everything he did was inaccurate and subsequently putting the blacks under too much pressure. his short kick offs were not high enough for the blacks to get there to compete,victor matfield was laughing as the ball went straight into his hands every time and his chip kicks over the top were pathetic as he continually gave away the ball to the boks,but here's the most upsetting thing about what happened, my main man sonny bill was made to look ordinary outside this rank amateur starving sonny of the ball so that he could not unleash his magic. so in conclusion "buck up your ideas slade the selectors have shown faith in you and it's time man up or see ya later world cup!!!!

god help us if carter gets injured. Colin slades performance against the boks was pathetic and he single handedly lost the test for us. For goodness sakes he's not even under pressure of losing his world cup spot, he was always the back up ist five, So what the hell happened? everything he did was inaccurate and subsequently putting the blacks under too much pressure. his short kick offs were not high enough for the blacks to get there to compete,victor matfield was laughing as the ball went straight into his hands every time and his chip kicks over the top were pathetic as he continually gave away the ball to the boks,but here's the most upsetting thing about what happened, my main man sonny bill was made to look ordinary outside this rank amateur starving sonny of the ball so that he could not unleash his magic. so in conclusion "buck up your ideas slade the selectors have shown faith in you and it's time man up or see ya later world cup!!!!

Sivivatu should be in the sqaud wat idoits

Writing articles like this full of conjecture and personal bias-ness always gets readers riled up one way or another. But good luck to whoever gets in and also to those who misses out. Glad I'm not a selector.

The comments claiming Toeava is Henry's pet are pathetic. The coaches, Henry/Smith/Hansen have worked with every top player in New Zealand. They are not stupid men, quite the opposite. They are also not as many claim Auckland coaches.

Crusaderists seem to forget that Wayne Smith set up the Crusaders culture and led them to their first Super titles. They seem to forget that Hansen was deeply involved with coaching in Canterbury. Henry was born in Christchurch.

These guys rate Toeava, people should have some respect for that. I finally got around to watching the game (on youtube, the guy that posts these is awesome!) and it was an interesting experience after reading all the comments on here.

I was expecting SBW and Toeava to have nightmare games. I was surprised because Ice had a very good game, especially when you consider he had just come back from injury. SBW was solid. Haters need to get a job.

Jane with his twittering has once again opened his big mouth saying he was on his way to Brisbane....note it has been removed. On that alone he should not be selected, loose lips sink ships. Go Zaccy and Izzy.

what we have is an attempt to create negative opinion and distraction by the opposition to target individuals in the AB WC squad. Nothing does your confidence in than to read all this crap - I hope GH has the ability to lift his players above it. This is not the 1st time the ABs have been affected by their own press.

slade,gear,ellis,messam, guilford all gone....these guys needed to step up when given the opportunity.....didn't we have most of the possesion vs SA....its wc year.

Brad #163 - mate, go take your pills!!!!!!

Its really tough on Crockett that he's gettng dropped, he's a world class prop thatl'd be a solid starting player anywhere else in the world but the guys ahead of him are just too good, it'll be interesting to see how Woodcock comes back into the fold. Ali Williams needs to shake them jitters and start playing rugby!!! The most fragile international forward i've seen in ages at the moment, i'm a fan of his and it stings but I go for the Sam/Brad combo all the way. Maybe if there was a 2012 RWC then sweet he'd be the solid player we all know he can be consistently but expecting him to come back the same player he was was too much. Outties bro! lol, have Boric (If he hasn't lost it all like Ali) and Hoeata as backups, both freakin amazing players. I hope Weepu squeezes past Cowan as starting 9 but I can see Graham Henry maybe fow a few games have him 10/9 cover and maybe an extra forward in the bench, or maybe Guildford. See, there is room for him! It sucks for him Guildfords an amazing player thats gonna miss out cause theres no room, but i'd have him in there. Dagg>Mils