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Wales: Liam Williams; Alex Cuthbert, Owen Watkin, Jonathan Davies, Josh Adams; Dan Biggar, Tomos Williams; Gareth Thomas, Ryan Elias, Tomas Francis, Will Rowlands, Adam Beard, Seb Davies, Josh Navidi, Taulupe Faletau. Replacements: Dewi Lake, Wyn Jones, Dillon Lewis, Ross Moriarty, Jac Morgan, Kieran Hardy, Gareth Anscombe, Louis Rees-Zammit. Well Tompkins, who is not my favourite centre, plays his best game for Wales and the disappears from the squad. Unless he's injured thats a huge call. Foxy will have his work cut out as he has played less rubgy in the past month than Navidi. I remain totally baffled by the omission of Cawdor. |
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1 dragon in the 23 what a waste of money they are
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No second row cover on the bench could be a big mistake.
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Guess the thinking is they have Seb at 6.
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Seb at 6 worth a go, lot of pressure on naividi to step up after 1 game
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Yes I like the look of Seb - he could become a bigger version of Aaron. I think Navidi's selection is a clear indicator that they don't rate our breakdown work to date. Basham gone from great Welsh hope to nowhere. Funny old game. Glad to see Gareth Thomas getting a start - both Wyn & Francis just do not carry enough for modern day props.
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Classic Wales. The second a player is 'fit' he's thrown into the toughest of games. Totally desperate.
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Bet Cawdor wishes he was in Durban.
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Sir Duckling Tuft
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Ok where to start. Thomas deserves a go at prop fair enough, Francis I hope is fit. 12 Tompkins has concussion so foxy edges out willis, close but fair call. Cawdors ommission is crazy. The back row is the real conundrum. Hes used 8 flankers in 3 tests, he seems confused over his best trio. Ok faletau is a nailed on whenever hes fit. The 6 and 7 jerseys are up for grabs. Basham came and went with a bang, as did ellis jenkins in the autumn. Now Morgan is the next big thing. Meanwhile hes decided to test out seb as a 6 again, not sure why he never gets a go at lock. He's a good mobile player, decent lineout option too. Navidi is world class but hes barely played so a big gamble, hope it pays off.
Btw I dont think france are the best team in the world yet , the most talented probably. Theyre not some unbeatable untouchable side. The scots got hammered late on but pushed them a lot, they won in paris just 11 months ago too. England beat them at twickers with a pretty average solid pack performance scrapping for every ball. Ireland gave them trouble second half with 3 quick tries. Theyre irrepressible in attack not so clever on the back foot. in short theyre class but beatable
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GPR - Rochester
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Decent summation. France are not the finished article yet but to stand a chance against them you have to have a really tough hard carrying front 5 and be superbly competitive at the breakdown. We, of course, gave them a real fright in Paris last season & with better thinking from our half backs should have won it. They have improved, we have not so its a tall order.
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And a better refereeing performance. Sanjay did not deserve a YC, and Wyn was nearly over the line. LRZ just failed to get over in the corner, so it should have come back for a YC and a penalty try.
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So Gareth Thomas is supposed to carry for how many metres exactly?
O and to win the scrums, o and to lifft to a dodgy line out , o and to clear out the rucks - all on his first start in a Welsh shirt all against a rampant French team with their tails up. No pressure there then Gar boy!! |
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Gonna put the boat out here and suggest that whatever team we pick won’t make much difference 🤷♂️
I would like to see: Jac Morgan start Hardy start JD at 12 Rees Zammit back on wing (for Cuthbert - who does 3 outstanding things and then makes 2 mistakes) Think Navidi might start just because we need the experience to deal with DuPont round the ruck
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Well you got one of your wishes with the other 3 on the bench.
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Oh shi* I forgot it’s a Friday game so team out today
Wales: L Williams; Cuthbert, Watkin, J Davies, Adams; Biggar (capt), T Williams; G Thomas, Elias, Francis, Rowlands, Beard, S Davies, Navidi, Faletau. Replacements: Lake, W Jones, D Lewis, Moriarty, J Morgan, Hardy, Anscombe, Rees-Zammit. |
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Back row selection is baffling - France will overwhelm the breakdown. I really don’t think Pivac has a clue about what he wants or where Wales are going. To expect Seb to cover 4/5 after 60 minutes of being battered at 6 is madness. This seems a panicked, damage limitation selection. Totally incoherent in terms of playing style. He hopes he’s going to get lucky. A fraud.
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