Originally Posted by apaul:
“Not sure whether Gatland ends up looking good because of the selection and performanance in the last game or foolish for not having strong scrummagers like Cobisiero and Sheridan in the initial party and not bulldozing the Wallabies in all three games.”
Today certainly shows that most people were right in saying that Faletau should have been starting instead of Heaslip. He was outstanding today. Heaslip wasnt bad and defended well in the first test but Faletau did more in 10 minutes.
It also showed that as good as Warburton is, the best combined back row doesnt have him in it. It should be him or Lydiate as the the opensides today, from an attacking perspective brought so much more.
Gatland was vindicated on a lot today, but in doing so, showed some earlier calls were wrong.