#5. Justin Tipuric (Wales)
“Justin is a massive player to lose against the southern hemisphere sides because in many ways he plays the game like them. He’s a bit like Michael Hooper, a distributor, a leader and he never misses a tackle.”
So said Shane Williams in The Rugby Paper over the weekend.
Suffice to say Wales would have wanted Tipuric around. His region the Ospreys say a shoulder injury picked up on Lions duty is set to keep him out until Christmas.
