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Ben James

Pivac can't quite have the Wales back row he really wants so he may well pick his 18th combination

It might surprise people to find out that, in his 25 matches in charge of Wales, Wayne Pivac has named 17 different back-row combinations.

Then again, given how Wales have struggled for balance in this department - and the sheer number of injuries Pivac has contended with - it might not be that much of a surprise.

Perhaps the biggest surprise is that, in his last 25 matches in charge of Wales, Warren Gatland also fielded 17 different triumvirates in the back-row.

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