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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 321970" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>This might be true when talking about England. But it was obvious that NZ were bigger and more physical than the Welsh boys yesterday. It was us who were attempting to rely on skill, but were simply not allowed due to the power of the NZ forwards.</p><p> </p><p>Very few Welsh players managed to stand out in yesterday's game. The hooker Rhys Williams (who's had a couple of games for the Blues) was good, excellent lineout throwing, good carries and a try to boot. Lloyd Peers, the sedcond row, is an excellent prospect too, he matched the NZers for physicallity and won most of the Welsh lineout ball untill he was substituted. That prop Cymro mentioned, Rhodri Jones also looked good. Seemed to hold his side at the scrum, and had one rampaging run that led to the try. I thought Navidi was a bit disapointing to start with, bit did improve and was the only one taking it to the baby Blacks in defense.</p><p> </p><p>In the backs, it was difficult to judje. They got very little front foot ball, but they did sctruggle to put phases together. Kristian Phillips covered well, but was dissapointing other than that. One howler of a catch seemed to cause him to loose all confience. Good kicking mind. Fish had zero opportunity to do what he's best at, run! Put in a couple of big touch finders though. Thought Scott Williams added much needed physicallity in the centre when he came on, but it was too late for him to show much. Jarvis was a little hit and miss. Good goal kicking for the most part, but got lost with ball in hand a bit. Finally thought Rhys Downes looked very good. Two passes he put in almost unlocked the NZ defense down the short side. Did well behind a retreating pack.</p><p> </p><p>Overall, not too many of these players will advance into the senior team anytime soon, Phillips, Fish, Scott Williams, Rhys Downes, Navidi, Lloyd Peers, Rhodri Jones and Rhys Williams are the most likely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 321970, member: 13739"] This might be true when talking about England. But it was obvious that NZ were bigger and more physical than the Welsh boys yesterday. It was us who were attempting to rely on skill, but were simply not allowed due to the power of the NZ forwards. Very few Welsh players managed to stand out in yesterday's game. The hooker Rhys Williams (who's had a couple of games for the Blues) was good, excellent lineout throwing, good carries and a try to boot. Lloyd Peers, the sedcond row, is an excellent prospect too, he matched the NZers for physicallity and won most of the Welsh lineout ball untill he was substituted. That prop Cymro mentioned, Rhodri Jones also looked good. Seemed to hold his side at the scrum, and had one rampaging run that led to the try. I thought Navidi was a bit disapointing to start with, bit did improve and was the only one taking it to the baby Blacks in defense. In the backs, it was difficult to judje. They got very little front foot ball, but they did sctruggle to put phases together. Kristian Phillips covered well, but was dissapointing other than that. One howler of a catch seemed to cause him to loose all confience. Good kicking mind. Fish had zero opportunity to do what he's best at, run! Put in a couple of big touch finders though. Thought Scott Williams added much needed physicallity in the centre when he came on, but it was too late for him to show much. Jarvis was a little hit and miss. Good goal kicking for the most part, but got lost with ball in hand a bit. Finally thought Rhys Downes looked very good. Two passes he put in almost unlocked the NZ defense down the short side. Did well behind a retreating pack. Overall, not too many of these players will advance into the senior team anytime soon, Phillips, Fish, Scott Williams, Rhys Downes, Navidi, Lloyd Peers, Rhodri Jones and Rhys Williams are the most likely. [/QUOTE]
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