HALFBACKS:
- 10. Dan Biggar (Wales)
- 9. Conor Murray (Ireland)
Dawson said: ” Biggar has been the stand-out fly-half. Over the past 18 months he has matured. He has shown less petulance and more assurance. He can deliver the run-pass-kick game but strategically he seems a bit sharper than Owen Farrell. I do not think Gatland will go with newcomer Marcus Smith at 10, he might put Smith on the bench if he needs to ramp it up. We have all seen plenty of Marcus to know he can do that.”
Embed from Getty ImagesFRONT-ROW:
- 1. Mako Vunipola (England)
- 2. Luke Cowan-Dickie (England)
- 3. Tadhg Furlong (Ireland)
Dawson said: “I think Cowan-Dickie has been the stand-out hooker in England. Everybody saw how England got beaten up in the World Cup final against South Africa and one of the reasons is that they did not have an edge up front. “