http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11622408

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Who will start for the ABs

 My picks are:
15 Ben Smith14 Patrick Osbourne13 Fekitoa12 Ngatai11 Savea10 Cruden9 A. Smith8 Reid7 Cane6 Kaino5 Whitelock4 Retallick3 Franks2 Coles1 Moody
I have gone for the more conservative selections in the backline assuming McKenzie will be on the bench as will Barrett. Dagg will have to prove his form but if he does he will be back as an option at 15, he has a fantastic boot & helps maintain good field position. I think Dagg will lose out to McKenzie. In the forwards I have gone with Kaino at 6 but we have to see if he is a spent force. Coaches will be testing Vito and Tufuo. At 1 coaches will be testing Moody vs. Faumuina, one will start & one will be on the bench.
Competiton for the bench will be tough, e.g. at 10  Barrett fighting it out with Sopoaga. For utility back will it be Grotty? Where will SBW fit in? What about the Ioane brothers? They may be selected to take part in the AB camp so coaches can see what they are made of; what about A. Savea? He has to be brought into the AB camp but will he get game time?  We may see Ranger fighting for a bench spot also.
AB coaches will want to win but also test out some players so this will be a factor for sure.

 Interesting times Brother ,what a headache eh ? The kind coaches would love to have .I must say the era started by the 3 wise men has seen selection angst among us fans kept to a minimum.

 
1. J. Moody       2. D. Coles       3. O. Franks

4. B. Retallick    5. S. Whitelock

6. J. Taufua       7. A. Savea      8. K. Read

9. A. Smith       10. A. Cruden

12. Crotty         13. M. Feikitoa

11. J. Savea      14. B. Smith     15. I. Dagg (if he gets last year's form)



16. C. Taylor     17. W. Crockett      18. C. Faumuina    19. L. Romano     

20. E. Dixon    21. B. Webber     22. D. McKenzie      23. C. Ngatai


as WD said this has to be headache for the real coaches,...... it would be very hard to leave out players like Kaino, Cane, Barret, Todd, Sopoaga, etc.

Kaino would be the conservative approach but at blindside I would begin to give gametime to other players as Kaino hardly will play the next WC,.... Dixon and Taufua are the inform blindsides at this moment

All the journalists chose Sam Cane at openside,.... and he'll surely be the picked by Hansen,..... but IMO there are better opensides,..... Savea, Todd,...

Mckenzie from the bench could have even more impact than Barret

Both the youngs Webber and Drummond are IMO playing better than Perenara and TKB,.... but this is a tough one

Moala was one of the candidates for the centers but he's being benched,..... and when played didn't do it very well,..... except against the canes,..... so untill SBW returns for the RC, those 3 are the standouts

I would pick Tuipulotu before Romano but he's not playing too much,.... and he's injured no w