Halfway through the Tri-Nations, rugby writer Steve Hepburn checks the health of our national team and whether the side is actually re-building or simply undergoing a bit of renovating.
Graham the builder. Can he fix it? Yes, he can - but only if his key tools remain in good working order.
Halfway through the test season and after one of the best performances by the All Blacks in the professional era, the so-called rebuilding of the All Blacks side appears to be in good shape.
Such is the structure of the rugby calendar these days, with the World Cup the be-all and end-all of the game, the year after shapes as a chance to bring in some fresh faces.
Try out a new team.
Well, that is what the coaches and others say.
Henry said after Saturday night's emphatic victory over Australia that half the side was new to this level of football and they had to come to terms with that.
But a closer examination of the national side shows Henry may talk about rebuilding his team but he is going to the same well he has dipped into for the previous four years.
It is still the experienced members of his side who are making the big plays.
Richie McCaw, Ali Williams, and Andrew Hore are the forwards leading the way.
In the backs, it is Dan Carter front and centre, with contributing acts from those on the outside.
The talk may be of rebuilding but the building blocks are from years gone past.
The stars of the show are the players who have been there for a while.
The pressure will come on when the All Blacks lose a few of these key players.
Like when McCaw went down injured for six weeks.
Henry had to go to Daniel Braid, who had played no decent rugby for a month, and he ran out of puff after 50min against Australia.
What would happen if Daniel Carter got lost in France and did not come back next season? Or Mils Muliaina fell over?
Prop Greg Somerville is leaving for the northern hemisphere so it will be up to John Afoa and Neemia Tialata to come to the party.
Henry was lucky that Brad Thorn decided to come back to the 15-man game and have a belter of a season.
Halfback is lacking, despite an impressive showing from Highlanders No 9 Jimmy Cowan on Saturday night.
If Cowan keeps that form up, the halfback problem may be solved, but judgement is still reserved at this stage.
Out wide, wingers, have dried up and quality finishers are in short supply.
Over the next couple of years players will be discarded, played out of position, and then eventually head overseas.
Look back four years and starting at No 8 for the All Blacks was Xavier Rush.
Two years later he left New Zealand rugby to play for Cardiff.
Marty Holah once played blindside flanker for the All Blacks in 2006.
He was never sighted in the jersey again.
A few more players will be tried and then discarded.
The rebuilding talk will continue for another year or two.
But come the next World Cup, the key men running around today, will be the same key men for the All Blacks.
The All Blacks' season so far
The good
Ali Williams has brought a new maturity to his game and been the money man.
The front row has never been beaten, while Daniel Carter is starting to return to some of his 2005 form.
The bad
The Sydney match.
Sione Lauaki's 30 minute butter-fingered display in the same match.
Andy Ellis's ability to make the easy things look hard.
The indifferent
Not one of the new players has actually taken the bull by the horns, and grabbed an All Black jersey with both hands.
Most have been all right without being outstanding.
