There is some commentary suggesting Barrett is the solution for the All Blacks six woes. There are a dozen exceptional eights that would be licking their lips at the prospect of targeting an inexperienced blindside.
If Sam Cane is the right man to captain the All Blacks then Foster needs to back him to get the job done for the full 80 minutes.
No one picked Cullen Grace to be an All Black so soon. Now he looms as the prototype athlete the All Blacks could base their World Cup cycle around.