Can Rene Ranger make an impact with the All Blacks?
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Chris Rattue believes that the in-form Rene Rnager can spark the All Blacks' backline from the wing in The New Zealand Herald.
"Rene Ranger. Now there's the future for rugby, even if Ranger's own future is clouded at the moment by an upcoming court case. How did Ben Smith end up in the All Blacks last year while Rene Ranger didn't? Actually, how did Smith end up in the All Blacks full stop?
"Ranger - who plays wing or centre - is what rugby desperately needs, a powerful outside back with an individual style. If he's not busting through defenders, he hurls them aside. Ranger can make something out of nothing and draw the crowds.
"With absolutely no disrespect to the classy Cory Jane, who has proved a much smarter test player than might have been expected, what the game doesn't need are smallish, converted fullbacks patrolling the flanks."
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