There were plenty of people who had begun to sell shares in Dewi Lake barely 12 months ago as the young Ospreys player desperately tried to master the most important part of his job.
Not being able to throw accurately? It was almost akin to a lifeguard not being able to swim.
The ball often ended up anywhere but where it should have ended up when Lake took aim. Whatever the opposite of having a golden arm is, he seemed to have it. One evening game saw a series of deliveries from the former Wales U20s captain go hopelessly astray. Were he a cricketer, ‘wide’ would have been called every time.
