The New Zealand Herald

No panic

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making sure that I give them every opportunit­y to get that back.” The side is buoyed by the return of Mannering with the veteran lock overcoming a hamstring injury that forced him to miss the last two games. Front-rower Albert Vete is likely to start off the bench in his first outing since the round three loss to Canterbury, with senior prop Jacob Lillyman away on Queensland State of Origin duty. Mannering’s leadership and defence has been sorely missed, but Kearney does not expect the former Kiwis captain to turn the side’s fortunes by himself. “It's not for Simon to come back and fix the issues that individual­s have to fix themselves. That has been a priority this week, everyone owning their performanc­es over the last week and a bit, and making sure that we move forward in improving those. “Simon, obviously he will help, but it's about everyone else making sure they've got their games right.”

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