That could see Savea restored to the No 7 jersey, alongside Luke Jacobson and Akira Ioane, both of whom played well in the Tonga test. Irrespective of who plays, the breakdown is clearly going to be an area of focus this week, although Mooar defended the All Blacks’ physicality levels against a big Fijian forward pack. “There s obviously been a fair bit of chat about the stuff that we ve identified already, talking about physicality and what-not,” Mooar said. “But the physicality was there. We were physical as well. I think it s more about winning the race, and beating the opposition to the breakdown.
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