All Blacks<\/a> side in the best shape possible ahead of the Rugby World Cup in Australia.<\/p>\nThe head coach, therefore, has to find the balance between winning Tests and giving players opportunities.<\/p>\n
Three rookies were handed their international debuts with Fehi Fineanganofo, Jamie Hannah and Xavier Numia coming off the bench against France, but two more were named in the wider training squad.<\/p>\n
New Zealand\u2019s head honcho may therefore look to give Josh Moorby and Anton Segner a chance over the next two weeks ahead of the South Africa tour.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve got to try and play as many guys as possible, keep people fresh, give people opportunity so they feel really involved and try to win rugby matches, so it\u2019s trying to get that balance right,\u201d Henry said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe haven\u2019t got a policy of playing the same 23 week in week out. We just want to play well, and we want to give people opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
Two All Blacks standouts<\/p>\n
Rennie will also want to get a certain amount of continuity over the next few weeks, and two of the players who may remain are Luke Jacobson and Ruben Love.<\/p>\n
Henry was impressed with both players as the All Blacks opened their Test season with a victory.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe (Jacobson) was very special, I thought. He\u2019s a tough man and he\u2019s been through a lot of experiences. He\u2019s captained the Chiefs for a long time, he\u2019s highly respected,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the public thought he might have been a bit fortunate but on Saturday night he showed why he\u2019s been picked.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think he (Love) had a good start, particularly after getting that yellow card \u2013 that\u2019s enough to knock you off your vision.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo get that early, he hasn\u2019t played a lot at five-eighth for the All Blacks, so it was a big challenge for him and to get that yellow card early probably didn\u2019t help, but he had a very good game.\u201d<\/p>\n
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