Rugby debate: Drop Priestland? Yes or No?

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This is by no means an assault on one player because Wales lost. I think there should be several changes for next week. There was a lot of rustyness and silly errors, but one thing I am noticing is one person in particular is not developing as well as others.

Rhys Priestland has of course played well for the Scarlets and had some great games for Wales. He played well during the WC till he got injured and he hasn't really played with any consistency since.

Yes he has talent, yes he's played well before, yes he's young and of course if he has one or two poor games then axing him isn't always the solution. Players need another chance if they have potential and you don't want to destroy a players confidence by dropping them for the odd mediocre performance. He can play shambolic against England and we can still win, but that is England. This Australia test is serious and we need some big bottle and big performances.

He kicks possession away for no reason when he have the likes of Cuthbert, North and JD2 outside of him. When he kicks an up and under it goes too far and can't be chased. Of course the worst mistake was the knock on that could have lead to a match winning try. His Six Nations was average, he didn't spark. He rarely makes a good break (like Stephen Jones). Our running backline needs a more attacking minded 10.

Hook deserves a chance quite frankly because we have nobody else. The best 10 in the UK (Dan Biggar) wasn't good enough to tour, apparently.

Priestland should start next week on the bench. If Hook has a howler then he can come back on in the 2nd half and prove his worth. We have enough 10's in Wales knocking at the door. Time to see who is the most capable.

The obvious selection strategy on this tour should have been Ospreys in the pack. Hibbard at 2, James at 1, Tipuric at 7 in addition to Adam, Ryan and AWJ. Ianto couldn't help getting married, but these guys beat Leinster away, they are an awesome unit, they should have been picked as such.

biggar has come in for a lot of criticism over the last year or 2 but all it takes is for the standing wales flyhalf to have a few bad games and biggar becomes our favourite 10.

short memories

True dogtooth, but its a difficult position to be in, we do not have a 10 who is clear cut the best.

If we pick on form then it has to be Biggar, despite how good or bad he has played in the past, on current form he is better than the alternatives. By the time the autumn internationals are around Biggar might not be the form flyhalf and it will be Priestland, Hook, Tovey or some new kid.

Thats what picking players on form is all about, regardless of how they have played in the past, if they are currently not the best in the position they should be benched.

Warburton has come out and publicly criticised Priestland's kicking away of possession with a minute on the clock. WHY IS BIGGAR NOT ON TOUR! Hook is worse than Pansyland!

James Hook is my favourite Welsh player so I think he should always be at 10

Have you seen much of Biggar? (I ask out of interest, not to make a point)