Not sure you can point the finger of blame at biggar for the lack of tries? you need to look at the coaching set up and what is being done on the training ground in relation to the lack of set play and creativity. Biggar had a very good game out there and out his body on the line, yes sam is a more creative FH but hes unproven at international level and I think he might of struggled with the intensity in this game. Sam can be a impact player at the moment until he warms to the task of international rugby but I would take biggar as no1 any day of the week at this moment.
I certainly question the coaching, but the stats for the Ospreys speak volumes imo. Sam Davies puts people into space, Biggar does not. For the ospreys, Davies is the one calling all the shots. The ball goes back to him and he picks out the next move, be it a flat pass to a forward on the charge, or a pass out to the backline. I've never really seen Biggar controlling an attack like that. He stands deep and the scrum half.forwards make all the decisions. We lost this game because we couldn't convert pressure into points, and I've lost count at the amount of times this has happened over the past few years. Despite a lot of front foot possession, and quick ball, our back three once again saw almost no ball.
Maybe Sam Davies would have struggled today with the pressure, maybe he would have had a field day with the amount of time we spent in England's 22. There's no real way of knowing, but until something changes, we're going to continue to lose these close matches. I would always want to see an attacking player get the nod over a defensive one, especially as Davies has a great tactical kicking game to boot, another area Biggar struggles with imo.
All we hear from Howley is 'Experience'. He used it once again to justify the selection of Cuthbert. The stark reality is that other than Shane Williams and a few forwards, our best performers during Gatland and Howley's reign have been the young untested players. North, Halfpenny, Priestland, Faletau, Warbs, Roberts, Davies etc. etc. If anything most have progressively gotten worse. Problem is that Howley passed on opportunities to try new players in the Autumn, so backed himself into a corner when it came to this big pressure game v England. It was during the Autumn that Howley really bottled it.
