Was this the master plan?

Just putting this out there, but looking at the tactics employed and the game plan showed in the first two tests.would this have been the starting 15 in gatlands mind at the team announcement regardless of form on tour?

Jenks
Hibbs
Jones
POC
AWJ
SOB
falatau
Warbs
Phillips
Sexton
Bowe
Roberts
JD2
North
1/2p

I think this was the test team from the start and the tactics fit this team

"I think this was the test team from the start and the tactics fit this team"


Only in Gats dreams, Jenkins can't hold down a reserve place at Toulon, Hibbart is a good scrummager but offers little else, Felatau ;offers little other than driving close in, Heaslip and Morgan offer much more, Phillips is one dimensional and so very slow against quick opposition i.e Genia; see T1.

Why take BOD, Manu and Davies, all 13s if that was the case, Roberts would need resting/replacing he cannot play all the games and there are no other 12s.

I could go on, but......................

A complete male foul up from the start

WELL-PAST-IT wrote:"I think this was the test team from the start and the tactics fit this team"


Only in Gats dreams, Jenkins can't hold down a reserve place at Toulon, Hibbart is a good scrummager but offers little else, Felatau ;offers little other than driving close in, Heaslip and Morgan offer much more, Phillips is one dimensional and so very slow against quick opposition i.e Genia; see T1.

Why take BOD, Manu and Davies, all 13s if that was the case, Roberts would need resting/replacing he cannot play all the games and there are no other 12s.

I could go on, but......................

A complete male foul up from the start

Just look at the three injures jenks, POC and warbs. Take them from my team above and you have Saturdays side.
If jenks was fit corns would have stayed with eng, mako sub as is. This was the side picked per tour

Think Healy was a nailed on starter KK.

WELL-PAST-IT wrote:"I think this was the test team from the start and the tactics fit this team"


Only in Gats dreams, Jenkins can't hold down a reserve place at Toulon, Hibbart is a good scrummager but offers little else, Felatau ;offers little other than driving close in, Heaslip and Morgan offer much more, Phillips is one dimensional and so very slow against quick opposition i.e Genia; see T1.

Why take BOD, Manu and Davies, all 13s if that was the case, Roberts would need resting/replacing he cannot play all the games and there are no other 12s.

I could go on, but......................

A complete male foul up from the start

And yet he stuffed the great Dan Coles head up his own arse. Go figure eh

Lydiate would have played 6 before SOB