...speculation is mounting on the players replacing injured players Harris, Taylor and Waisake Naholo
...Hika Elliot has the most test experience, while Highlanders hooker Liam Coltman has been in and around the All Blacks in previous years when they were working an apprenticeship scheme.
Given the probability that whoever comes into the squad this week at hooker is possibly going to be on the bench, Elliot and Coltman presumably have the inside running given their past association with the team.
The other options would be Blues captain James Parsons, who won a solitary cap in 2014, Ben Funnell of the Crusaders and Hurricanes young buck Ricky Riccitelli a possible wild card...
For Naholo could we see Chiefs and Waikato wonderkid Damien Mckenzie making his AB debut ?
