He was interviewed right before the game and said that while the team hadn't changed much from the ANZAC Test, it had a new back row, and he was a bit worried about it because they'd have some issues with defensive patterns at training. My best guess is that he picked the team and got 20 minutes into the first training session before realising that lock and second row are actually different positions, and neither Gallen nor Myles or anywhere near as effective on the edges. He pretty much decided he wanted two genuine edge players on in the second row for the whole game, which is why Myles ended up snubbed for Williams and Hoffman. It's astounding that he didn't realise this before the team was actually picked though.
That makes too much sense to be right. I think maybe he was considering dropping Myles for Lawrence last minute.
That's still idiotic though. Gallen on the fringes would still be infinitely better than Williams. Oh right, defence doesn't matter...
I don't care if Williams went out there and made 60 tackles at 100%. It's still a mistake on Sheens's part.
Are you inferring that I am implying axiomatic vindication of Williams selection based on statistical analysis?
