15. Mee 14. LRZ 13. Watkin 12. James 11. Adams 10. Edwards 9. Tomos

1. Smith 2. Elias 3. Francis 4. Rhys Davies 5. Jenkins 6. Wainwright 7. Mcleod 8. Cracknell

16. Lake 17. Carre 18. Griffin 19. Carter 20. Plumtree 21. Mann 22. Hardy 23. Hawkins. 

Can't be far off.

I expect they'll keep LRZ at 15 for the reason already given. Mee a cert. I'd keep James and Tomos Williams.

Is Watkin our best 13? He's 29, and I don't ever remember hom setting the world on fire. What about Hennessey? How promising is he? One for the future? I don't know who to pick at 13.

10 - I reckon Edwards looked a bit like a rabbit in the headlights v England, so I'd give Costelow a whirl - he's been in good form. Not much in it. 

Your forwards make sense, except that - useless though he is in many ways - Beard does bring bulk. I'm not sure we can take on the French with two light-ish second rows. A tricky one. 

Watkin is a conundrum for sure. However he has 44 caps & leads the defensive line at Ospreys so horses for courses was my thought. Hennessey to be blooded against the other teams who will not be fielding so much firepower as France. As for the 2nd rows France played two back rowers against Ireland & I think they may select Flament with Guillard for Sunday. Beard offers nothing & has more than enough caps to have shown something. If we need a tight row they should call in Jake. 

Fair enough.

Whoever we pick, I think nearly everyone expects a France win. What we REALLY need to see is some sign of improvement in discipline and lineouts. Anything else is a bonus!

Moriarty 6

Cracknell 8

Wainwright 7

Unconventional I know but they all do something sadly lacking at the moment which is getting over the gain line. We desperately lack ball carriers. The game is about momentum and front foot ball. We haven't had that for years.

Add Rhys Davies in for Beard & that's a powerful lot.

Yeah Id go with that

backs though  bet thomas and grady are nowhere near good enough

lrz to wing

mee does look a 15 but at this stage bit risky last minute?

Id put blair back in 15

mee wing drop adams 

hawkins 12 james 13

jarod bench

The altitude at the top of steep hill must have got to me because I read your post as suggesting that everyone can see McLeod should play full back, which I thought was a bold choice even by the current selection standards lol. 

Now I’ve given the WRU a lot of stick over selection recently (especially for a man who claims we should play Elias as a crash ball 12 every few weeks) but surely the obvious way to keep Lake in the team, use his best attributes and keep him away from the lineouts is to Ken Owens him and move him to 8, with Elias at 2, with Cracknell and Wainwright as flankers. That brings 4 ball carriers into the forwards, allows them to still pick the captain and takes out lines from 50% to 80%…..

Grady on the wing for Adams, LRZ to wing, Mee or McLeod to 15 (dealers choice), James to 12 and Watkin to 13? Bigger, beefier team. 

I can’t understand why everyone wants to put Eddie at 

13 not his position 

He is the best 12 scarlets have for getting over the

 gain line ,freeman was way quicker at 13 than Eddie 

Hawkins not the best in defence especially, against France 

That's a fair point 

I'd like to see the chart you read from in Specsavers.

If we pick same side against France I’m off to bookies to get us to lose by more than 60 points. 

So would I! 

See I heard that players had been told of changes.

Apparently they looked very good in the unopposed drills and sneaked a 5 nil win.

Typical, we missed the kick!

The odds will be rubbish though.

Worth a punt for Wales to win though.

Where's my face-plant emoji 

I was offered a couple of freebies. And it saddens me to say I just couldn't get excited enough to make the trip. 

Tomorrow I assume.

Also looks like Rhys Carre will start. Could well another change in the front-row.

When.is the team announced 

Nine o clock tomortow 

I’d have started Grady over Adams, dropped beard and put Lake on the bench but I see a positive shift here overall 

The betting odds are insane tbh.

blair murray will soon return post 6 nations as the best 15 in wales

When he played for Ospreys there was more chance of us winning

When he plays (turns up and wanders around like a lost Giraffe) for Wales, there's 1 less Scarlets player who could potentially get injured 

I don't understand why, when you've had the sense to bring in Cracknell, you would then pick Mann (a 6) instead of Macleod or any of the other 7s in the squad. That seems daft. 

Lake has been useless as a lineout thrower and - to be blunt - as a captain. Elias should have started at hooker. 

Adams no longer has it... OK, he scored a soft try v England made by a good kick, but otherwise, he doesn't show much nowadays. 

Eddie would have been a better pick at 12 than Hawkins, but Joe H. has a good bit more power and a bit more bulk than Thomas which should help (I hope!)

It seems that various pennies are starting to drop with the coaching team, but not all of them! If the lineout is a disaster area again, Lake simply CAN'T be the starter for the remaining games. 

Arranging  deck chairs on titanic.

Cannot understand  why so many people waste  time discussing  it ?

I expect us to be better than last week but I think we're playing a better team.

I won't watch.

First time in many years I've made plans and avoid a Wales game.

As for Eddie still staying at 13. Nefoedd!  - trying to get to grips with one of the most demanding positions in defence on the international field must be nerve shredding.  

PS  Eddie has played 13 for the Scarlets but that has been a Hobson's choice at times, I believe

I'd just like to see some sort of analysis/comparison.

Good nurturing

We have a plan….We’re a good board….We’ve only been in place for 2 years and if the fans will stick with us, we will get through it together….

Of course if everyone sticks together, we’ll come out the other side at some point!

Never mind « we’ve got a plan » what is the plan? What is the detail? What have you achieved in 2 years? What has been to the benefit of the sport to the pro clubs and community clubs?

Let’s have some interrogations on air.

When I was a kid being taught to play rugby - kicking the ball away pointlessly was called "Dull play". Phew kicking the ball to the French backline takes it to a whole new level.

Has to be done sometimes for territory. Or just hoping in the muddle someone is in front of the jumper or someone drops it. It’s a bit of a lottery. 

But WTF was Beard thinking of?

Hawkins put in an exceptional tackle to dislodge the ball. I do wonder what the gameplan is. 

But not when there is nobody to chase and you are featuring an in form back line and end up playing their game. We should hold onto the ball and frustrate the French and let their discipline fall off.

Rugby intelligence  - non-exixtent.

Thankfully France are going through the motions.

10 is standing too deep, French have loads of time to organize. Wales 20 missed tackles.

The danger always was going to be, Sean Edwards would install discipline. Well, job done.

If only Galthié did too…..

Regular 

SA14  ?

He’s the forum pantomime villain. He was getting abuse when he was an integral part of a successful Wales team. 

Now Josh Adams….

52 four minutes later. Mental. 

I think when you have good players around you, it can make you look better than you are. Even when Wales were good. No other good top 10 Int team is starting beard. He's so limited. 

We like keeping players on that drop balls 

Must be about a dozen times since you posted this?

Yep they targeted Eddie. 

Scrum and lineout actually went well today, but boy o boy, we're so far off at the moment 

Watching the backs is like watching the Scarlets.