The All Blacks have cleared their first hurdle of the season, sweeping France in three tests. But how much can be taken out a series that didn't feature any the top French players? A bit, considering how many new test players we have and that we now know how deep the French talent pool runs.

An All Blacks clean sweep, Test time for emerging players, and a French team that battled all the way ensured there was plenty in the Lipovitan-D Test series to like ahead of the Rugby Championship phase of the international season for New Zealand.