Stocktake time

[Lizard]

Apart from the yellow card, I think that Perenara > Smith in the Canes v Landers match. Mind you, standing between A. Savea and B. Barrett was probably a slightly easier task than linking L. Whitelock and F. Smith (who I've never heard of but performed with credit).

[zer0]

Todd has resigned for a year. Personally I think he should've been McCaw's successor ahead of Cane who is more of a 6.5, to borrow the English parlance.

[Len]

All 3 opensides have different strengths. Cane is in a similar mould to latter year McCaw, where he hits more rucks and plays like a 7.5, while Savea makes more tackles, while Todd is pretty much how we now view the classic jackal openside. What's great is that all three have made compelling cases for starting for the ABs.

This. Todd is a fantastic openside. He'd start for any other nation with the exception of Australia potentially. Savea is an athletic freak. Cane is good as a support player but he gives away many silly penalties. He makes a fair few tackles though.