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McBryde selects pride of Wales (Wales Tour Squad)
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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 262140"><p>Good squad, but I'm surprised by a few omissions. Richard Fussell and Gareth Delve, why aren't they on this tour? The only sensible reason for not having Fussell is because Czekaj can cover full-back (as he showed against Munster), but I would have left Mark Jones behind and told him to become more involved in games for the Scarlets and score more try's. Won't really matter as Tom James will be the star of this tour, he'll rip them to shreds!</p><p></p><p>Thingymubob's teams look good to me, though I'd have Eifion at 3 in front of Yapp (Yapp's not a good enough scrummager to play tight-head for Wales yet) and I'd probably start Warberton at 7, with Dafydd Jones at 6 to see if Jones can rekindle some of the world class form he showed all those years ago. He's only had opportunities at 7 for Wales recently, and we all know he's a blindside! We also need to blood a new 7 to eventually replace Martynand we already know Sowden-Taylor isn't good enough. Maybe Warberton's eventual position will be 6, with Ben Lewis at 7, but untill Lewis recovers from injury, Warberton has the quality to be a very good openside.</p><p></p><p>Deiniol Jones might also be the one to parter Bradley Davies, both have been in top form for the Blues, and I'm still not convinced by Charteris. I was surprised to learn that Charteris is just about 20st (19st 12lbs), he doesn't use this weight enough for my likeing.</p><p></p><p>All in all though, happy with the squad, it's nice to see so many quality youngsters involved, should set us up nicely for the future.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 262140"] Good squad, but I'm surprised by a few omissions. Richard Fussell and Gareth Delve, why aren't they on this tour? The only sensible reason for not having Fussell is because Czekaj can cover full-back (as he showed against Munster), but I would have left Mark Jones behind and told him to become more involved in games for the Scarlets and score more try's. Won't really matter as Tom James will be the star of this tour, he'll rip them to shreds! Thingymubob's teams look good to me, though I'd have Eifion at 3 in front of Yapp (Yapp's not a good enough scrummager to play tight-head for Wales yet) and I'd probably start Warberton at 7, with Dafydd Jones at 6 to see if Jones can rekindle some of the world class form he showed all those years ago. He's only had opportunities at 7 for Wales recently, and we all know he's a blindside! We also need to blood a new 7 to eventually replace Martynand we already know Sowden-Taylor isn't good enough. Maybe Warberton's eventual position will be 6, with Ben Lewis at 7, but untill Lewis recovers from injury, Warberton has the quality to be a very good openside. Deiniol Jones might also be the one to parter Bradley Davies, both have been in top form for the Blues, and I'm still not convinced by Charteris. I was surprised to learn that Charteris is just about 20st (19st 12lbs), he doesn't use this weight enough for my likeing. All in all though, happy with the squad, it's nice to see so many quality youngsters involved, should set us up nicely for the future. [/QUOTE]
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