Wairarapa-Bush rugby head coach Mark Rutene finds himself with a nice problem to solve.
Rutene can only name 22 players for his team's first official match of the 2012 season with Horowhenua-Kapiti at the Cake Tin on May 26. And that means at least a few of those who impressed in the 30-25 defeat by New Zealand Universities on Wednesday will miss out.
And considering the fight shown by that Wairarapa-Bush squad on the back of a very limited preparation, deciding who gets the chop will be headache material for Rutene and assistant coach Paddy Gough.
"Most of the guys really stood up and showed they were capable of playing at a higher level," Rutene said.
"We wanted them go get stuck in right from the word go and they did exactly that. It was pretty gutsy stuff."