When Steve Hansen was handed the unenviable task of replacing Graham Henry as Wales head coach in 2002 there were two very different directions he could have taken the side.
With the 2003 Rugby World Cup fast approaching the easy option would have been to push for an extra season out of ageing veterans such as Scott Quinnell, Rob Howley, and Robin McBryde among others.
Instead, Hansen took the bold option and, as one Kiwi scribe eloquently put it, shot the patient.
