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After another failure against Australia, and being given a lesson in creativity and game management by Berrick Barnes, the Western Mail argues Wales must bring more subtlety and variation into their midfield if they are to take the next step under Warren Gatland.
"Of the many lessons taught to Wales by Australia on Saturday, surely one stood out like a beacon as we head towards the Six Nations – Warren Gatland must have a player of more guile in the No.12 position.
"Way before the eruption that greeted Shane Williams’ sentimental try, the Wallabies’ Berrick Barnes had been the most influential figure on the Millennium Stadium pitch by a country mile, turning in a textbook example of what southern hemisphere nations would call ‘second five-eighth’ play.
"Second five-eighth? For the non-aficionados out there, it is the term applied to a 12 who is viewed not as a banging gain-line merchant, but rather a secondary playmaker.
"Somebody who can pull the strings as adroitly as the fly-half should the need arise."
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