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NZ vs Wales - June 2016
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<blockquote data-quote="welshglory" data-source="post: 797963" data-attributes="member: 38673"><p>This series is going to be fascinating. Wales v NZ are always fast paced exciting games, I think Wales thrive on as well, something we don't get to experience during the 6 nations. I remember one of the Allblack players saying after one of the 2010 series that it was the fastest game of rugby he'd ever been apart of. </p><p></p><p>First and foremost the boys have to be physical and they have to be ready to take the game to NZ, SA and Aus have shown that is the best way to beat them. You can't just sit back and let thing come to you, which is what we did in the RWC and 6 nations.</p><p></p><p>I would definitely be looking at Roberts, Davies and North targeting Cruden and Crotty, looking to suck in Cane as well. Breakdown will be interesting, that's been a strength of our's recently and If we can play on Cane's relative inexperience by taking him out of the game that will go a long way.</p><p></p><p>Defensively, hopefully we can put sustained pressure on NZ, missing Halfpenny is huge because his positioning is world class, especially tailored to the blitz defence. I'm sure NZ will look to target our backthree who are not especially strong in any defensive aspect. </p><p></p><p>At the set piece the scrums should be a pretty even contest, Evans, Baldwin and Lee aren't exactly the most destructive scrummagers at this stage of their careers. If we don't have Charteris then the lineout falls apart, i think NZ will have the edge there. </p><p></p><p>I feel are lack of clinical ness and attacking variation will count against us in the end though, hope i'm proved wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="welshglory, post: 797963, member: 38673"] This series is going to be fascinating. Wales v NZ are always fast paced exciting games, I think Wales thrive on as well, something we don't get to experience during the 6 nations. I remember one of the Allblack players saying after one of the 2010 series that it was the fastest game of rugby he'd ever been apart of. First and foremost the boys have to be physical and they have to be ready to take the game to NZ, SA and Aus have shown that is the best way to beat them. You can't just sit back and let thing come to you, which is what we did in the RWC and 6 nations. I would definitely be looking at Roberts, Davies and North targeting Cruden and Crotty, looking to suck in Cane as well. Breakdown will be interesting, that's been a strength of our's recently and If we can play on Cane's relative inexperience by taking him out of the game that will go a long way. Defensively, hopefully we can put sustained pressure on NZ, missing Halfpenny is huge because his positioning is world class, especially tailored to the blitz defence. I'm sure NZ will look to target our backthree who are not especially strong in any defensive aspect. At the set piece the scrums should be a pretty even contest, Evans, Baldwin and Lee aren't exactly the most destructive scrummagers at this stage of their careers. If we don't have Charteris then the lineout falls apart, i think NZ will have the edge there. I feel are lack of clinical ness and attacking variation will count against us in the end though, hope i'm proved wrong. [/QUOTE]
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