Our selection reflects that we respect Australian rugby and the Australian team and we all know it will be a hard game at the weekend.
Decisions are made on a case-by-case basis in the best interest of the individual. So we need to look at how much rugby any given player has had since the beginning of the year, the amount of contact, their position, plus any injury history.
I thought we played some superb rugby in the first half; we played well in the last 10 minutes again to win the game and that's probably a summary,
Doug has played some outstanding rugby for Auckland recently, while Rico has played virtually every Super 12 and Test match since mid-February.