“Will carries a lot of presence and influence on the squad. The way he plays the game,and you’re going to somewhere where he plays a lot of his rugby,in France,that carries a lot of weight as far as presence around the team.
“Probably not someone who was first thought of as captain,from the outside. But when you see him in the team environment and the way everyone looks to him for leadership,it becomes quite evident he has a huge amount of presence and that’s a good appointment. And I thought Tate did an excellent job in Dunedin as well. You can’t win World Cups with just one leader. You have to have a squad of leaders.”