Nonu is too dense to be an all black centre, which is a pity as he wouldnt have to be the next Umaga to get picked, just merely retain possession some of the time
Flavell to me still has traces of a flat-track bully and in a crunch game against tight forwards like the Japies he isnt the big man, he can probably play better though than he did in the last few games
I dont like him as a blindside flanker reserve though, hes a big unit and I dont think hes mobile enough to do a JC type role for 60 mins but better than Thorne on current form.
Thorne actually played ok for the ABs last year though but I hope Lauaki gets over his injury and into the 22 as we are lacking a bit of explosive power up front IMO.