Will James Tedesco play fullback? Where does Greg Inglis fit in? What's Josh Dugan's best position? With the glorious Anzac Test quickly looming up on the horizon, our trans-Tasman rivals are running through a hefty list of questions regarding Kangaroos selection and of course State Of Origin selection. Aussies don't worry themselves with our little nation, nor do they worry themselves with the selection conundrums that face Kiwis coach Stephen Kearney as our growing kiwi contingent in the NRL only confuses matters further.

There are a few positions that we have incredible depth in, none more so than the two wing positions. Let's keep it real here as many of the NRL's best wingers just happen to be kiwis, much like many of the NRL's best forwards just happen to be kiwis and I could name a few different wing combinations, like I can name a bunch of lads who are worthy of a Kiwis wing spot.

Manu Vatuvei, Jason Nightingale, Shaun Kenny-Dowall, Curtis Rona, Jordan Kahu, Sosaia Feki, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak, Sam Perrett, Tuimoala Lolohea and Jordan Rapana.

I'm not too good at math, so I can't tell you how many possible combinations come from that group of wingers. I can however tell you that every one of those wingers is playing very well to start the season, the strength of this group individually and collectively is kinda mind-boggling actually. It shouldn't be surprising though, not when there's so many kiwis dominating the NRL.

Consider these numbers after round 5....

Vatuvei: 4 games, 2 tries, 49 carries, 454m, 2 line-break, 6 offloads.

Lolohea: 5 games, 2 tries, 3 goals, 54 carries, 275m, 4 line-breaks, 2 offloads.

Kahu: 5 games, 2 tries, 5 goals, 54 carries, 396m, 2 line-breaks, 1 offload.

Kenny-Dowall: 5 games, 4 tries, 60 carries, 589m, 4 line-breaks, 4 offloads.

Rapana: 4 games, 1 try, 59 carries, 570m, 3 line-breaks, 4 offloads.

Watene-Zelezniak: 5 games, 64 carries, 520m, 1 line-break, 6 offloads.

Nightingale: 5 games, 2 tries, 84 carries, 681m, 2 line-breaks, 9 offloads.

Rona: 5 games, 2 tries, 65 carries, 579m, 2 line-breaks, 6 offloads.

Perrett: 5 games, 2 tries, 69 carries, 480m, 3 line-breaks, 2 offloads.

Feki: 5 games, 1 try, 52 carries, 435m, 1 line-break.

Stats only form part of the yarn, even if they do reinforce my belief that our two best wingers are the OGs of kiwi rugby league. There's no reason why Vatuvei and Nightingale shouldn't be selected to start in the Anzac Test, no with Nightingale head and shoulders above the other lads in this list. Nightingale has started the season excessively well for St George Illawara, perhaps too well as his 84 carries points to Nightingale taking far more carries than any other kiwi winger and perhaps more than he should.

I'd suggest that when the Dragons are at their best, Nightingale will take less carries and his fellow kiwi/uso Russell Packer and Leeson Ah Mau would take more carries and gain more metres. We don't really think of Nightingale as being that sort of winger, a Manu-like winger who takes many tough carries and makes metres like a forward, Nightingale is more suited to the 'finisher' narrative but his work this season calls bullshit on that theory (can't forget that Nightingale once played prop in the NRL).

9 offloads from Nightingale is also pretty exciting, not what you'd expect from a winger like him. This means that Nightingale often offloads, creating second-phase footy and doesn't get monstered in the tackle too often.

This makes for great reading for the Kiwis as Vatuvei and Nightingale fit perfectly into this Kiwis group. Vatuvei is basically another Jason Taumalolo, Martin Taupau, Sio Siua Taukeiaho, Jesse Bromwich and Ben Matulino as he'll take a carry early in the set and more often than not he'll poke through the line, get a quick play the ball and get the Kiwis on the front foot. When you have a forward pack who are as powerful and athletic as that group named above, Vatuvei is basically serving up front-foot ball on a platter for the forwards to piggy back off of. Throw in Roger Tuivasa-Sheck's eagerness to cart the ball up the guts and they are borderline unstoppable.

Nighingale fits nicely because he will do as much work as Vatuvei and will try his darnest to have the same impact as Vatuvei. If Nightingale can maintain his offloading ability and serve up a few offloads against the Kangaroos, then that only brings in that powerful and athletic group of forwards even more. Plus, combine Nightingale's offloads with Bromwich and Matulino's offloads and yeah #OffloadCentral.

Most importantly though, both Vatuvei and NIghtingale are certified OG Kiwis. They have been there before, they've faced the Kangaroos many times and haven't done anything to lose their starting spots. Other guys might be playing very well, Nightingale and Manu are playing as good as they have ever played though.

One bloke who could very well be named in the squad is Kenny-Dowall. In all honesty, Kenny-Dowall is playing just as well as Vatuvei and Nightingale, which is why I'd love to see him in the squad just as a nod of approval. I'd listen to arguments for Kenny-Dowall over Vatuvei or Nightingale and the way Kenny-Dowall bounced back from his off-field dramas last season and then this season has been a joy to watch. I've got Kenny-Dowall and Nightingale as being the Roosters' and Dragons' best players so far this season, which I think is pretty damn cool.

Canberra have been one of the better low key NRL teams this season thanks to strong contributions from their entire roster, especially a top-shelf forward pack. It's hard to say that Jordan Rapana has been their best player, he is however a fantastic winger who has been simmering away with the Raiders for a few seasons now and I'd love to see Rapana given a shot if the stars align for him. As with all the wingers, Rapana is a fantastic finisher who has perfected the art of flying but what impresses about Rapana is hard to quantify or put into words. Rapana can somehow wiggle free of would-be tacklers with freakish ease and when you combine this with an innate ability to be in the right place at the right time, you've got a winger who can either break a game open with an unsuspecting hitup or benefit from another player's line-break as he pushes up in support.

I don't think Rapana will be a Kiwi any time soon which is a bummer - such is life when you've got so many kiwi wing-weapons - so the best I can do for Rapana is to encourage y'all to enjoy his work. The Raiders are a fun team to watch as they love a bit of razzle dazzle and are a very tough, physical team, throw Rapana into the mix and neutral fans have a team they can enjoy. Try make the effort to catch Raiders' games to at least enjoy the work of Rapana who tends to fly under the radar.

Regardless of who has been selected previously, I can't differentiate between Kahu, Lolohea, Feki, Watene-Zelezniak and Rona. Perrett is a solid performer, he's been overtaken by the youngsters though which has been evident at the Bulldogs where Rona has emerged as a gun.

Kahu and Lolohea have other strings to their bow with Kahu being a very capable NRL centre and Lolohea able to fill any position in a backline. Lolohea's probably behind Kodi Nikorima for the bench-spark spot so I'm unsure when we'll see Lolohea establish himself as an international. If the door's were open, I wouldn't be made with Feki, Watene-Zelezniak or Rona being selected as they rarely put a foot wrong with their respective clubs. They do it all in terms of finishing, creating and helping out their forwards with plenty of metres up the guts.

Feki has represented Tonga and will be a certainty for Tonga in the Pacific Test later this year. I mention Feki in Kiwis conversations because he was born in Auckland and has represented the Junior Kiwis in the past - two factors that I consider when contemplating the murky eligibility waters. These waters are always going to be murky as we all know how many polynesians are born in Aotearoa and Australia which is why I like to leave it completely up to the individual and would never be mad at their decision.

Regardless of who he represents, Feki deserves to be known as an international and I'd put Feki in the same category as Rapana in that he's a consistent low key performer. The Sharks have one edge of Jack Bird and Valentine Holmes and the other edge of Ricky Leutele and Feki, thaat the Leutele/Feki edge is just as funky as the famed Bird/Holmes combination is testament to Feki's solid all-round game. Don't sleep on Feki, enjoy his work.

I can't go past Nightingale and Vatuvei as our Kiwis wingers for the Anzac Test. What I love about these two (which has nothing to do with their selections) is that they are both cult-heroes and two wingers who we can genuinely love for the people they are as well as their on-field abilities. Nightingale is a battler, he's the everyday sort of bloke who happens to be a rather handy winger and he's the #HappyHaka dude as well. Manu, well he's Manu and he's my favourite rugby league player ever thanks to his freakish try-scoring record and his personable nature.

What's really cool though is that we could field a few different Kiwis teams with different combinations and this is perhaps why Nightingale and Vatuvei are only getting better with age. The number of young kiwi wingers and the talent that the possess only enhances the reputation and status of Nightingale/Vatuvei as OGs, it enhances their mana as they keep the youngins striving to reach greater heights.