Privac isn't trying to play boring rugby. It's just that Wales struggled to gain their own ball in set piece then when they did finally get the ball inaccuracy at the breakdown caused all their phases to be slow ball or simply turned over.
I don't think it is. Regardless of how bad/good Wales are, with this current Ireland team anything other than 3 home wins would be a poor result.
I think there's an element of that but then I also think there was a clear style of play prior to Covid in that 6N and then after that we just reverted back to type, box kicked a lot, looked unstructured and a bit clueless in attack but this also wasn't helped by set piece generally being crap.
Earls is carrying injury.
They're all right wings also. Schmidt didn't particularly like changing sides for his wings but I think Faz treats them as entirely different positions with no crossover.
Pretty unhappy that Baloucoune has been released. We haven't had a proper pacy winger in ages.
Dont forget he's also a sexy *******
You're right, he is sexy. I apologise for that lapse!
Also fantastic nickname!
Gutted if Halaholo doesn't make it but I guess there's fitness concerns there. I agree re Adams but **** it. Might keep their back line on their toes.
The rumour is Conway will be switching over. So not fully sure.
The other thing differentiating Balacoune is he's comfortably quicker than Hansen (if you look at Hansens intercept v Ulster it seems a good indicator), and pace is such a premium, especially at international level making all the difference. Unsure I've seen enough of Hansen to think "this guy is international class" but he looks like he'll do a job, whereas Balacoune always seems to have that touch of class and quality, to just inject something from nothing
Mind doing a rundown of your pack? Don't know a lot of the players well although I've heard of them. In particular Elias, Rowlands, Jenkins, and Wainwright.
Elias, modern style of hooker. Very good around the field, quite dynamic, ok in scrum. His line out throwing can go a bit off the rails at times though. On the bench at hooker is Lake, this will be his debut, but he's like Elias but taken to 11. Absolute athlete who's but throwing can be a lot worse. Rowlands is a big lump of lock, he's decent enough. Get's round the field well for so someone so big, carries decent enough and decent enough in the set piece. A very 7/10 player. Jenkins is a what could have been, he's a similar player to Warburton, despite not being the biggest he's pretty good at most things but in got motm and injured in 2018 and was out for 2 and a half years! He's played well at times since his comeback but not at his potential before injury (imo that could have been one of the best flankers in the world). Wainwright is a footwork oriented 8 then a bull dozing one (more Sam Simmonds then CJ Stander). He's still reasonably young but always put's a shift in both attack and defence. Will not get you too much go forward with slow static carries but can be lethal if given quick ball out wide.
