With 186 Wales caps between them and a host of honours within the game, rare are the days that Taulupe Faletau and Justin Tipuric struggle to deliver in a red jersey.
Yet that's exactly what we saw against Ireland. When Peter O'Mahony, Josh van der Flier and Caelan Doris rolled into Cardiff, they put on a back-row show that overshadowed their opposite numbers.
Rarely have Tipuric and Faletau struggled so much to make an impact. Granted, there were other issues, but it would seem the Welsh breakaway trio of Jac Morgan, Tipuric and Faletau is one that lacks a certain balance to work.
