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[2015 RWC] 2nd Warm Up Match: Wales vs Ireland (29/08/2015)
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<blockquote data-quote="AzaMatt" data-source="post: 741287" data-attributes="member: 71571"><p>You’ll field a dangerous team no matter who plays and that’s worrying for us. You have so much more strength in depth. for wales we pretty much know 95% of the team that will start (providing gatland fields all our first choice starters). We need a strong team to start getting some wins under our belt before the RWC but we also cannot risk any injuries, well hardly any at all, some positions it wouldn’t be so much of a loss but if anything happens to halfpenny (although we will have l.williams in the RWC hopefully) or AWJ/Webb/Biggar/Roberts/s.williams then we will be in trouble. I expect we'll see something like this for Saturday </p><p></p><p>01 <strong>Gethin Jenkins/paul james</strong> (Gethin is more likely although this depends on what they have been like in training)</p><p> </p><p>02 <strong>Ken Owens </strong>(sure starter me for this game, scott baldwin on the bench) </p><p> </p><p>03 <strong>Tomas Francis </strong>(surely he has to start now, need to see how he does in the scrum and around the park)</p><p> </p><p>04 <strong>Luke Charteris/jake ball </strong>(although he was poor in first match gats might give him another chance as we know what chateris can do) </p><p> </p><p>05 <strong>Alun Wyn Jones</strong> (be interesting to see whether he does actually play. he certainly will want to but I feel we need to keep him wrapped in wool) </p><p> </p><p>06 <strong>Dan Lydiate</strong> (needs to be back at his chop tackling best) </p><p> </p><p>07 <strong>Sam Warburton</strong> (as much as I’d like to see Tipuric again I think Sam will get a run out). </p><p> </p><p>08 <strong>Ross Moriarty/ Talupe Falatau</strong> (Falatau is a nailed on starter and rarely has a bad game so we might just field him for the italy game). </p><p> </p><p>09 <strong>Rhys Webb</strong> (undisputed first choice, lloyd williams might get a start though with webb or davies on the bench) </p><p> </p><p>10 <strong>Gareth Anscombe</strong> (Amscombe could do with another game behind our full strength pack, looks an exciting player and we need biggar to be injury free)</p><p> </p><p>11 <strong>Gorge North </strong>(back from concussion and hopefully back to his barnstorming best!)</p><p> </p><p>12 <strong>Jamie Roberts/williams</strong> (roberts is another we need to keep safe but we do not really have any other alternative at 12 unless williams plays there) </p><p> </p><p>13 <strong>Scott Williams/T.morgan</strong> (as noted above williams could switch to 12, with t.morgan going to 13 although its likely to be the jamie 12 williams 13) </p><p> </p><p>14 <strong>Eli walker/Hallam Amos </strong>(people are suggesting Matthew 'Nipper' Morgan could be selected on the wing, would love to see this although I don’t think it will happen) </p><p> </p><p>15 <strong>Leigh Halfpenny</strong> (with the absence of Liam williams and Amos not having a great game at full back I think halfpenny will get a start) </p><p> </p><p>The replacements im not sure of apart from Justin tipuric, Gareth Davies and Rhys Priestland/Dan Biggar.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AzaMatt, post: 741287, member: 71571"] You’ll field a dangerous team no matter who plays and that’s worrying for us. You have so much more strength in depth. for wales we pretty much know 95% of the team that will start (providing gatland fields all our first choice starters). We need a strong team to start getting some wins under our belt before the RWC but we also cannot risk any injuries, well hardly any at all, some positions it wouldn’t be so much of a loss but if anything happens to halfpenny (although we will have l.williams in the RWC hopefully) or AWJ/Webb/Biggar/Roberts/s.williams then we will be in trouble. I expect we'll see something like this for Saturday 01 [B]Gethin Jenkins/paul james[/B] (Gethin is more likely although this depends on what they have been like in training) 02 [B]Ken Owens [/B](sure starter me for this game, scott baldwin on the bench) 03 [B]Tomas Francis [/B](surely he has to start now, need to see how he does in the scrum and around the park) 04 [B]Luke Charteris/jake ball [/B](although he was poor in first match gats might give him another chance as we know what chateris can do) 05 [B]Alun Wyn Jones[/B] (be interesting to see whether he does actually play. he certainly will want to but I feel we need to keep him wrapped in wool) 06 [B]Dan Lydiate[/B] (needs to be back at his chop tackling best) 07 [B]Sam Warburton[/B] (as much as I’d like to see Tipuric again I think Sam will get a run out). 08 [B]Ross Moriarty/ Talupe Falatau[/B] (Falatau is a nailed on starter and rarely has a bad game so we might just field him for the italy game). 09 [B]Rhys Webb[/B] (undisputed first choice, lloyd williams might get a start though with webb or davies on the bench) 10 [B]Gareth Anscombe[/B] (Amscombe could do with another game behind our full strength pack, looks an exciting player and we need biggar to be injury free) 11 [B]Gorge North [/B](back from concussion and hopefully back to his barnstorming best!) 12 [B]Jamie Roberts/williams[/B] (roberts is another we need to keep safe but we do not really have any other alternative at 12 unless williams plays there) 13 [B]Scott Williams/T.morgan[/B] (as noted above williams could switch to 12, with t.morgan going to 13 although its likely to be the jamie 12 williams 13) 14 [B]Eli walker/Hallam Amos [/B](people are suggesting Matthew 'Nipper' Morgan could be selected on the wing, would love to see this although I don’t think it will happen) 15 [B]Leigh Halfpenny[/B] (with the absence of Liam williams and Amos not having a great game at full back I think halfpenny will get a start) The replacements im not sure of apart from Justin tipuric, Gareth Davies and Rhys Priestland/Dan Biggar. [/QUOTE]
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