Scratchy Lions win has simplified the Test selection equation for Farrell

The moment has come for Andy Farrell to cease his ruminative beard-stroking, replace the light pencil with proper ink and get down to it, dah-ling.

TEST SELECTION SIMPLIFIED: Has British and Irish Lions Head Coach's selection simplified following the Waratahs game. Pic:  Steve Christo/Sportsfile

FOR some reason Dame Edna Everage sprung to mind in the wake of the British & Irish Lions less-than-marvellous weekend display against the NSW Waratahs. As Edna once waspishly told a fellow grand dame: “I’m trying to find a word to describe your outfit … affordable.” 

It was not dissimilar to the lacklustre Lions in Sydney: all dressed up and nowhere to hide.