Now if he'd said that, that might be an argument I'd buy. However, while Cronin's a better ball carrier, I think Rory Best is a better tackler and rucker. I'll point to the stat that Rory Best managed twice as many tackles as Cronin in the All Blacks game, despite Cronin playing 60 minutes of that game, as an example. And as Ireland have tons of ball-carriers and very few disruptive tacklers I know who I'd pick.

Varley deserves his shot at some point.