Brilliant Dagg has Ranger worried

Rene Ranger gives himself a 50 per cent chance of holding on to his All Blacks rugby starting spot after another bright candidate for a winger's jersey turned heads in the 31-17 defeat of South Africa on Saturday night.
Making his first test start, Northland powerhouse Ranger made up for a patchy first half with a powerful  effort to secure his debut try soon after the break.
However, that was beaten in the breathtaking stakes when Ranger's replacement, Israel Dagg, sliced through for a sizzling solo try in the same left-hand corner.
The starting fullback for the first two tests of the season, rising Hawke's Bay star Dagg put his name in the hat as a potential winger in the same mould as converted fullback Cory Jane on New Zealand's right wing.
Dagg's heroics couldn't wipe the smile from Ranger, who barrelled through opposite Gio Aplon and somehow avoided the sideline to notch a face-saving try after some handling muffs and poor options marred the 23-year-old's early efforts.
"I needed something to build my confidence back up so getting that try built it right back up there," he said.
"The first 40 was all right but a few dropped balls which kind of got my head down. I was over the moon, pretty stoked. I ended up getting a try, which I didn't think would happen."
The man dubbed Superman by assistant coach Wayne Smith leading up to the test found the Springboks defence tougher to beat than the Super 14 teams he tormented with the Blues this year.
However, he enjoyed the chance to attack from deep, casting off the public pressure and media attention that had weighed him down in the preceding days.
Ranger wasn't sure if he had done enough to keep the No 11 jersey for the test against Australia in Melbourne on July 31, with the injured Joe Rokocoko expected to be available, along with Dagg.
"Once you're starting, the goal is to stay there," he said.
"I suppose with the game I had, it's a bit of a 50:50 call now. I just have to go back and work hard at training."
Ranger feared he would be sinbinned for a "no arm" tackle on fullback Zane Kirchner soon before he was replaced in the 63rd minute but a quick glance at the stadium big screen assured him he would escape censure.
As for Dagg's try, Ranger had mixed emotions.
"That was spectacular. I was just like 'sweet'. It was pretty shocking but it was good. A good impact."
Dagg said he had rarely played wing in his career, hadn't trained there all week and was expecting to replace fullback Mils Muliaina.
His first act was to leap and claim a high ball on attack and moments later he made three of South Africa's best defenders - Kirchner and flankers Schalk Burger and Francois Louw - look like statues.
"Getting a first try is definitely a career high and getting it against South Africa is even better. I saw, maybe, a little hole. I tried to get through it, threw a little dummy and got through.
"I'm pretty blank to be honest, I was pretty shocked. Hopefully, there's plenty more to come but we'll see how it goes. I just have to keep my feet on the ground."
Dagg said wing was similar to fullback in many ways. "You can roam, you can do what you like. It was good fun, another string to the bow."NZPA