Not really ... Dont expect Rassie to steer to far away from a heavy tactical approach . He might just offer space for abit of of the cuff play.

Understandably most of the vociferous objections are coming from the Kiwi fans, oh and the odd yellow-bellied turncoat :-), what a surprise! In fairness, I wouldn't call it a blatant bias, but there are definitely some skewed sanctions. It used to be predominantly vs the Boks, but of late it is universal.
This will just raise the awareness amongst refs, that they are now under the spotlight. All fans expect is a fair system. Deliberate foul play, should be treated as such. All Blacks, definitely getting away with murder, not their fault, so I won't label the team, but officials need to be consistent.

Ms. Xasa

I agree about injuries - that's what I was getting at in my roundabout way :)

Crotty and Goodhue... Goodhue is not tested yet, so the jury is still out. But I think that's a good combo - it allows Crotty to play at 12 and Laumape to come off the bench to shatter fragile defences in the later stages.