Going by the fact Taters only likes 3 and Manu the 5, here's mine.
01 - Wade McKinnon
02 - Michael Crockett
03 - Brent Tate
04 - Jerome Ropati
05 - Manu Vatuvei
06 - Michael Witt
07 - Grant Rovelli
08 - Sam Rapira
09 - Nathan Fein
10 - Steve Price
11 - Simon Mannering
12 - Hame Lauaki
13 - Michael Luck
14 - Ian Henderson
15 - Wairangi Koopu
16 - Sonny Fai
17 - Evarn Tuimivave
Sorry Swann and Reubs - Injury cover. I'd like to see us grind out a couple tackles with our front row but I want more dynamism from our second row in tackles 3 to 5. A more mobile and attacking approach from our pack will favour our personnel a bit better, I think there's a lot of fresh packs out there so we don't need to bully everyone and can afford to employ our (stagnant) second row a bit more. Granted I want discipline but I think our second row aren't there to be tackling machines only, it's a waste of the inate talents of NZ league players.