With the Rugby World Cup now less than a year away, opportunities for Wayne Pivac to experiment are dwindling away.
In fact, the upcoming autumn international series is probably the last time the Wales boss can roll the dice a little bit and give chances to players who he thinks could be useful in France, rather than knowing for sure.
Defeat to Italy in last year's Six Nations altered the entire complexion of the summer tour in South Africa because Pivac knew they simply had to, at the very least, put in performances that would satisfy the Welsh rugby public and the Welsh Rugby Union board.
