We shall see very shortly how much influence a coach has on a team. Warren Gatland has selected an almost identical side to the one chosen by Wayne Pivac in his final match as Wales coach two months ago.
Gatland may have different defence and attack coaches alongside since he was last in charge, but I fully expect Wales to return to the style of rugby to which we became accustomed throughout his previous tenure.
He set the tone early by saying he had picked his scrum halves on the basis of how accurately they kick. Not how quickly they get the ball away or on their decision making ability. He doesn’t want his scrum halves to think, he wants them to kick, kick and kick again.
