In his Sky Sports Six Nations column, former England and Lions No.10 Barnes admitted he expects to see Wales stick with the
halfback pairing that finished the job at the Stade de France, when they go to Rome on Saturday.
Leeds coach Brian McDermott admitted his side enjoyed the perfect preparation for their play-off semi-final with skipper Danny McGuire and his long-serving
halfback partner Rob Burrow, both in their final season with the Rhinos, taking their combined try tally in Super League to 404 as the visitors ran out comfortable winners at the John Smith's Stadium.
Ireland's Johnny Sexton and Scotland's Greig Laidlaw will combine at
halfback, with head coach Warren Gatland admitting he wants to field his full 41-man squad across the Lions' opening two fixtures.
"I've spoken to the
halfbacks, all of them, and told them I am happy with them all.
Another
halfback was eighth-grader Roxanne Trautner.
The option out of the Split-T was a complement of the dive by one or the other
halfbacks. In those days, the most popular defenses were the 5-3 and the older Wide Tackle 6.
CHESTER dominated in this North One clash with
halfbacks Rhys Hughes and Murray King the key to success.
'Their
halfbacks are very quick off the mark, David Humphreys is a very efficient goalkicker, Brian O'Driscoll is arguably the best centre in the world, but I don't think Ireland are the best team in the world.'
ITALY went down 30-19 to France at the Stadio Flaminio in Rome despite the return to action of
halfbacks Diego Dominguez and Alessandro Troncon.
"He's another player who will give us options, given that we have only two
halfbacks.
"I think Cork probably had a discussion about that at half-time and they pushed up on our
halfbacks and midfielders.
(
Halfbacks), Taimoor Malik, M Qasim, Ghazanfar Ali and Faizan Jonty.