Montpellier sign Rebels halfback Ryan Louwrens

In regards to looking to the future anyway, when a player like Henshaw comes back from injury he should be able to find form without too many chances by the time 6N roles around.

It doesn't make any sense to compare Savea with McCaw.

6 Sititi, 7 Lakai, and 8 Savea is an extremely athletic back row and Finau freezes when he plays test matches against teams with packs his own size.

Lakai had a very impressive Super Rugby season for the Hurricanes at 7 and why move Sititi and Savea from the positions they are both playing very well to have them do different roles?

That seemed to work out okay for the All Blacks.

Yes he is a champion club player but no RWC championships and only one Six Nations title in a career that is approaching a decade long.

I guess it’s probably too early to say definitively re Leinster but it certainly looks like Ireland are regressing and the obvious connection is the loss of JS & SL. When you think a bit more about that situation, it’s actually quite a testament to SL’s abilities that he his departure from a club team may have impacted their national team, which he had no direct responsibility for, to such an extent! Can you think of any other examples that would compare?

Take the opportunity while you can. Not saying it was a bad decision, you would just remove the luck factor (having to defend because you went down a player yourself) where you would have believed you'd have had a chance to put that Yellow pressure on them after halftime/the restart (haven't got far enough in the replay to see if Berry had an opportunity to card them after the first half warning).