Jeff Wilson claims \u2018too many areas of concern\u2019 for the All Blacks with Scott Robertson finding \u2018no answers\u2019 to their problems<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n\u2018Ready\u2019 by the World Cup<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think I\u2019ve seen the All Blacks forward pack go back like I have in the last three weeks, it\u2019s incredible that we are going backwards in the scrum,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou have to say that there are scrums out there \u2013 England\u2019s an example, South Africa\u2019s another \u2013 and we\u2019re marking ourselves against the top teams, and we got beaten in the scrum by both South Africa and England.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s not sorted yet\u2026 but he\u2019s found a whole lot of players, there\u2019s at least two in every position. Jason Ryan has done a marvellous job; you don\u2019t build these guys overnight.<\/p>\n
\u201cTamaiti Williams is an example, he came on so quickly everyone thought, \u2018there\u2019s the solution, he\u2019s a huge man who can dominate every scrum in the world\u2019. Well, that\u2019s proven to be incorrect.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201c[Pasilio] Tosi has come on enormously, that\u2019s a big achievement. It looks to me like he\u2019s got the business.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got some growth there, there\u2019s no doubt about it. Next year they will get better and better and by the World Cup they will be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mexted is equally pleased by their second-row stocks. They have endured a few injuries in that area this year but that has enabled Scott Robertson to build plenty of depth.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe locks are the same. I\u2019m happy with what\u2019s happening with the locks. By bringing on [Fabian] Holland and of course [Josh] Lord \u2013 he was a great success in the last match,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the background, we\u2019ve still got [Patrick] Tuipulotu and we\u2019ve got [Sam] Darry, who\u2019s genuinely big. I think we\u2019re looking good there for the Rugby World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n
He then concluded: \u201cIt\u2019s still a C- minus, they\u2019re still learning their trade at that level and they will all get better and better because they\u2019ve got that potential.\u201d<\/p>\n
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