Will these players rescue the All Blacks' back five crisis? | The Breakdown

Its more common to refer to the front row and locks as the tight five . Never heard the term back 5 ever before.

Well said Jeff. Walker Liawere has been an unsung hero. He does his core roles and he is a hard worker and very mobile. Nice to see you guys mentioning Hurricane player quite correctly. Aotea Rugby Pod are Blues and Chiefs cheer leaders

McWhannel as tighthead lock looks good, now that he has stayed on the field. Holland is a must once he is eligible.

Jk and Jeff don't even try.. without uttering a word they irk me on sight

Brayden iose outplayed Blackadder and Jacobson twice 😂 just pick the form boys and build for next World Cup we don’t want to lose next one

Time for new pundits.

Reiko is average in the centre's. I dont know why they keep picking him as a starting 13 in the all blacks set up. The guy is a world class winger.

Think England will put a proper test up!

Isn’t Brodie Retalick eligible to come back and play??? Plus you have Scott Barrett

I think Sititi just strolled his way in the Black Jersey 💪

Sangster is a MUST

Cannot wait for the next Boks AB game

Lol! Fullbacks and wingers discussing locks!

Those seven crusaders: - Joe Moody - Codie Taylor - Fletcher Newell - Tamaiti Williams - George Bower - Scott Barrett - Sevu Reece

Ardie, sotutu, papalii,iose,Blackadder I think lakai is great too but he’s in his first year and has plenty more years to come as a all black starter

Ridiculous. What back 5 Crisis? The back 5 is the one area where the 5 players picked in the World Cup Final are all still available going forward (although Will Jordan is currently injured) NZ has huge depth in their back 5. At Fullback BB is back or they could go with one of the exciting new boys in Stevenson or Love plus there is have DMac, JB or Petofeta as cover. It is going to be incredibly tough to select the wingers even without Jordan. Who do they go with out of (previous ABs) Tele'a, Reece, Clarke, and Narawa .... is there room for a new AB from guys pushing for a spot like Nanai-Seturo, Moorby or Rayasi. The midfield also has an abundance of talent available. JB and Ioane must be favored to start, but who provides cover and who misses out from (previous ABs) Lienert-Brown, Tupaea, McLeod, Havili .... or again despite all the existing talent do we see a new AB in Proctor and don't forget Aumua. Razor stole him from MP for the Crusaders before he left so much rate him. So what back 5 Crisis? Ridiculous!! Discuss who is the all critical halfback - 1st Five combo (and their back ups). Discuss who is the tight 5, particularly the locks. Discuss who are the loose forwards and what is the best combination / balance for the loosies. The one area I'm not concerned about for the ABs is the back 5

As an englishman I don't have a clue what back 5 is? I've heard of first 5 and a back 3

Faaar out these guys are 'all over the show' in their discussion. Cant make any sense of any of their picks

As great as a coach as Robertson is im curious that if he loses the first few tests matches and fails to live up to the lofty expectations of kiwis, will he receive the same treatment as Foster? Will fans and 'experts' demand his head rolls, he is sacked and players dropped? We all know that kiwis cant handle losing and are expected to win all of the time...especially in NZ where a loss is labelled a 'shock upset'.

6 or 7 is too many Saders after the season they've had.