3 Oct 2008

All Blacks should have been in the national provincial competition sooner

11:04 am on 3 October 2008

The Bay of Plenty rugby coach says the All Blacks representation should have been much higher and earlier in the national provincial championship.

Kevin Schuler's Steamers look to settle third place in the regular season when it takes on Hawkes Bay in a final round fixture in Napier tonight.

After the tri-Nations success the All Blacks have been carefully drip feed back into the competition but Schuler says its unfair.