The last thing Wayne Pivac probably wants or needs right now is a comparison of his reign to that of Warren Gatland's. The shadow of his predecessor has hung over him enough as it is at times.
However, one interesting point is how each of them have handed out new caps during their reigns. In his time as Wales coach, Gatland's spread of new caps across calendar years between 2008 and 2019 reads as follows: eight, seven, seven, 11, nine, 15, four, eight, three, 16, seven, two.
There were the odd year when caps were handed out like freebies at an Oprah Winfrey taping, but, on the whole, Gatland never capped more than 10 players in consecutive calendar years. Contrast that to Pivac, who, to date, has capped more than 10 players in each of the years he's completed.
