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<blockquote data-quote="Twitter.com/ChloePlasse" data-source="post: 411337" data-attributes="member: 51624"><p>i think there were a number of factors at play:</p><p></p><p>1. the kiwis clearly start their physical, skill & tactical development earlier. this wasnt all about the native islanders maturing earlier either--- yes that is is the case, but even the white players in the team were significantly bigger. wales have to start their development of young players earlier, and a lot more coaching needs to be done with school coaches, who are the people who coach kids from age 11-16.</p><p></p><p>2. the welsh players don't get a very good standard of play on a regular basis. the kiwis have the 14 team comp "ITM", maybe a bit of Super Rugby, and the top Super Rugby players that don't make it into the national team go into the ITM. the welsh players get the welsh premiership--- also a 14 team league, despite a much smaller player base than NZ. the Top welsh region players that don't play for wales don't go into this comp. the standard is terribly low. </p><p></p><p>im perhaps a bit surprised that the magners league nations havent considered a tie up at club level, or an 'A' league-- combining to drive up the standard of their competitions.</p><p></p><p>3. intimidated by shirt-- the welsh players clearly were intimidated by the very sight of the ABs. they believed all the hype surrounding the ABs, and were completely overawed long before kickoff. whilst wales are a long way of NZ for reasons stated in points 1 & 2, they treated the NZ 7 as if he was McCaw himself, and the 10 as if he were Dan Carter, and so on. not only were the welsh players already outclassed simply on development terms, but they then stood off NZ as if they were genuinely scared of them. </p><p></p><p>4. Any particular reason why Wales don't field their 1st strength team at U20? im not sure about jason tovey, but george north and tom prydie are young enough for this, aren't they? but then, because wales haven't had their development structure in place for long enough, those players have already made the senior team. if they were kiwis, they would still be earning their stripes because senior players would've filled the national team slots already. </p><p></p><p>wales are developing talent, in fairness. they have improved on that immensely during the last 5 years that i have been watching them. they need to make changes lower down so that more players reach a high standard earlier in their career.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Twitter.com/ChloePlasse, post: 411337, member: 51624"] i think there were a number of factors at play: 1. the kiwis clearly start their physical, skill & tactical development earlier. this wasnt all about the native islanders maturing earlier either--- yes that is is the case, but even the white players in the team were significantly bigger. wales have to start their development of young players earlier, and a lot more coaching needs to be done with school coaches, who are the people who coach kids from age 11-16. 2. the welsh players don't get a very good standard of play on a regular basis. the kiwis have the 14 team comp "ITM", maybe a bit of Super Rugby, and the top Super Rugby players that don't make it into the national team go into the ITM. the welsh players get the welsh premiership--- also a 14 team league, despite a much smaller player base than NZ. the Top welsh region players that don't play for wales don't go into this comp. the standard is terribly low. im perhaps a bit surprised that the magners league nations havent considered a tie up at club level, or an 'A' league-- combining to drive up the standard of their competitions. 3. intimidated by shirt-- the welsh players clearly were intimidated by the very sight of the ABs. they believed all the hype surrounding the ABs, and were completely overawed long before kickoff. whilst wales are a long way of NZ for reasons stated in points 1 & 2, they treated the NZ 7 as if he was McCaw himself, and the 10 as if he were Dan Carter, and so on. not only were the welsh players already outclassed simply on development terms, but they then stood off NZ as if they were genuinely scared of them. 4. Any particular reason why Wales don't field their 1st strength team at U20? im not sure about jason tovey, but george north and tom prydie are young enough for this, aren't they? but then, because wales haven't had their development structure in place for long enough, those players have already made the senior team. if they were kiwis, they would still be earning their stripes because senior players would've filled the national team slots already. wales are developing talent, in fairness. they have improved on that immensely during the last 5 years that i have been watching them. they need to make changes lower down so that more players reach a high standard earlier in their career. [/QUOTE]
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