Then, when the All Blacks joined them after their time off, it was about getting them to understand the changes. He said by the time they went to Japan for their preseason games, what he wanted was taking shape, and it grew from there. Cotter said Tuipulotu, playing two weeks after he was expected to be out of action with a medial ligament injury, was inspirational. "This is part of the team that's been so pleasing, it's been everybody pitching in, doing what they can to achieve the objective we started with at the beginning of the season. "That's been a good growth for this team; keep things simple, and when things are simple we know what we're doing and can do that to the best of our abilities.
