Joe Schmidt has detailed why Jake Gordon is Wallabies captaincy material, while conceding individual form will trump team performances when selectors sit down to pick a squad to topple the touring British and Irish Lions.
Gordon's emergence as a frontrunner to lead the Wallabies in the showpiece three-Test series against the Lions this winter has raised eyebrows after the NSW skipper missed several games injured during his Waratahs' failure to make the Super Rugby Pacific finals for a second straight season.
