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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bada-Bing!" data-source="post: 791050" data-attributes="member: 70552">Maybe your memory is short but Youngs was chosen to start the first two tests and Lions never had the back of the line out option, which would release backs; it severely limited the Lions' options at line out time. The Lions were lucky to get to 1-1 after two test.  In the 3rd test Gatland just went for his biggest front three, which included Hibbard to scrum the Wallabies into submission. None of the hookers throwing was good enough; they got away with it largely because of the Wallabies were so **** poor in the scrum and Deans decided to pick a novice in JOC at 10. You only have to look at ABs in the RWC to see how good their line out was v SA and Australia. I don't think Lions can go into another series without a hooker who can't hit their middle jumper consistently and give back of the line out option to release the backs.</blockquote>