Hot Tipuric for the top ?

 

I feel a little bit like Martin Luther hammering the 95 Theses to a church door, or perhaps the first Tory to suggest that Maggie may have lost it back at the end of the 1980's, but I'll go ahead and say it anyway. Should Justin Tipuric be starting at 7 for Wales ?

It is a measure of Capt. Sam's impact on the world rugby scene that such an opinion might be considered blasphemy, but the Ospreys flanker with the Croatian name is, quite simply, one of the best open sides around. Warburton's medical travails may just present Tipiric with a lorry load of caps anyway, but the multi-skilled flanker just keeps performing at such high levels that the Welsh selectors will have to consider this brave move if David Pocock manages to burgle as much ball as he did in the 1st Test. 

The pressure is on the Home Nations this weekend. Can Ireland prevent the series against the All blacks becoming a rout ? Can England offer an alternative to the "in yer face" approach they adopted last Saturday ? Can Capt. Sam's Wales turn the tables on Pocock and Co. ?

Ho hum. Another busy Saturday on the couch...