Have Wales got their midfield partnership right?

Have Wales got their midfield partnership right?Image source, Huw Evans Picture AgencyImage caption, Eddie James, Max Llewellyn, Ben Thomas and Joe Hawkins have made Wales starts in Steve Tandy's first season in chargeByChris KirwanBBC Sport WalesPublished4 minutes agoCommentsAfter 12 games in charge, Wales head coach Steve Tandy goes back to his starting point with Ben Thomas and Max Llewellyn in midfield for Saturday's Nations Championship fixture encounter with South Africa.The head coach has selected five different starting centre partnerships since taking the reins last summer.It seemed that he had settled on the Scarlets combination of Joe Hawkins and Eddie James after they had a seven-game run in the side.But Wales finish 2025-26 with the pairing that Tandy plumped for in his first two games in charge, the Thomas-Llewellyn axis getting another crack against the strong-running Springboks in Durban.Wales' starting centre partnerships under TandyWales' starting centre partnerships under TandyJoe Hawkins and Eddie James – 7 (France, Scotland, Ireland, Italy, Barbarians, Fiji, Argentina)Ben Thomas and Max Llewellyn – 2 (Argentina, Japan)Joe Hawkins and Max Llewellyn – 1 (New Zealand)Joe Hawkins and Joe Roberts – 1 (South Africa)Ben Thomas and Eddie James – 1 (England)'The centre partnership probably hasn't fired'Hawkins and James - who grasped his chance when Llewellyn was injured for the Six Nations - joined forces against France and have featured since.But Wales have been reliant on their driving line-out in attack and have endured some tough times in defence against Fiji and Argentina in the first two rounds of the Nations Championship, with 38 clean breaks conceded."The centre partnership probably hasn't fired as we hoped it would after the promise shown at the end of the Six Nations," said former Wales and Lions centre Jonathan Davies on Scrum V The Warm Up."There were a few missed tackles and there have...