Throwing the dice: New 10-12 axis of Owen Farrell and Johnny Sexton

IF there was a selection call on which the series hinged for the Lions, and one where head coach Warren Gatland gambled all the chips he had left, it was his Second Test 10-12 pairing of Johnny Sexton and Owen Farrell. Attempts to typecast the Lions coach as a one-trickpony whose strategy is limited to ‘Warrenball’ – as in a big inside-centre like Jamie Roberts crashing through the middle for Wales – have never convinced me.
This is mainly because the way Wasps played when they won European Cup an...