Sam Warburton has named the players he feels are banker selections in the Wales team after their winless start to the Six Nations, but says Louis Rees-Zammit isn't one of them.
The former national captain and now respected pundit initially struggled to think of anyone he viewed as a shoo-in following the defeats by England, Scotland and Ireland. But after time to collect his thoughts, he offered names of those he felt merited such status.
“I do think there are some boys who are bankers,” said Warburton on the Radio 5 Rugby Union Daily podcast. “I think Josh Adams is a banker. I think Joe Hawkins has [become one]. I still see a lot of development in him — defensively is going to be his main one. There’s a couple of soft contacts when teams are targeting that 10-12 channel, but in attack he offers us some nice handling ability, some good go-forward and he’s really explosive over 10. He generates that speed of ball for us. So I really like Joe Hawkins and think we should stick with him as our 12 option.
