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<blockquote data-quote="DuncTheDoodle" data-source="post: 312734" data-attributes="member: 38950"><p><strong>Front row: </strong>Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Paul James, Huw Guftaffson, Mathew Rees, Gareth Williams, Ken Owens.</p><p><strong>Second Row:</strong> Bradley Davies, Alun-Wyn Jones, Luke Charteris, Ian Gough.</p><p><strong>Backrow:</strong> Ryan Jones, Sam Warburton, Jonathan Thomas, Daffydd Jones, Joe Bearman, Rob McCusker.</p><p></p><p><strong>Halfbacks:</strong> Mike Phillips, Richie Rees, Dwayne Peel/Wayne Evans, Stephen Jones, Jason Tovey.</p><p><strong>Centres:</strong> James Hook, Jamie Roberts, Andrew Bishop, Jon Davies.</p><p><strong>Back three:</strong> Lee Byrne, Will Harries, Shane Williams, Tom Prydie, Leigh Halfpenny, Aled Brew/Scrabble</p><p></p><p>Guftafson is a fantastic carrier and deserves a chance, and time with McBride, Gatland, ect will make him a better scrummager. On the bench against SA would be my suggestion, he can come on for 10 minutes and see how he does, and if he goes alright, then he can stay for the NZ games. Hibbard should be in, but his injury forces me to go with Williams, despite the obvious lineout weakness seeing as Bennett's form is attrochious. </p><p></p><p>Ian Evans could go, but I'd rather have him on standby, as Gough is playing very well (When you look beyond his two yellow cards in three days)</p><p></p><p>McCusker is only on the plane because Powell should stay banned for a little longer. I agree Martyn should be rested, as well. Bearman is the back-up 8, as he recovered form quickly with his previous injury, so I don't see why he can't do it again now.</p><p></p><p>I keep hearing Peel is in horrible form, and so Evans being in fantastic form, he can go unless I'm hearing the wrong things. I feel like I shouldn't be leaving Biggar out, but I am, if only to bring him back down to Earth so he loses some of the confidence and is more level-headed next season.</p><p></p><p>Centres pick themselves, although I was tempted to include Ashley Smith.</p><p></p><p>Byrne and Shane are obvious, and Harries just has to go after the performances he's put in. Halfpenny says that he wants to go and that the surgery shouldn't be <em>too</em> bad, and could get it done in his weeks off and just miss a bit of the pre-season. Prydie looked fine against Italy, although I would be hesitant to start him against the All Blacks. Brew may recover, so if so he'll be in. If not, Chris Whatshisname looks good, and I could see him being recalled.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DuncTheDoodle, post: 312734, member: 38950"] [B]Front row: [/B]Gethin Jenkins, Adam Jones, Paul James, Huw Guftaffson, Mathew Rees, Gareth Williams, Ken Owens. [B]Second Row:[/B] Bradley Davies, Alun-Wyn Jones, Luke Charteris, Ian Gough. [B]Backrow:[/B] Ryan Jones, Sam Warburton, Jonathan Thomas, Daffydd Jones, Joe Bearman, Rob McCusker. [B]Halfbacks:[/B] Mike Phillips, Richie Rees, Dwayne Peel/Wayne Evans, Stephen Jones, Jason Tovey. [B]Centres:[/B] James Hook, Jamie Roberts, Andrew Bishop, Jon Davies. [B]Back three:[/B] Lee Byrne, Will Harries, Shane Williams, Tom Prydie, Leigh Halfpenny, Aled Brew/Scrabble Guftafson is a fantastic carrier and deserves a chance, and time with McBride, Gatland, ect will make him a better scrummager. On the bench against SA would be my suggestion, he can come on for 10 minutes and see how he does, and if he goes alright, then he can stay for the NZ games. Hibbard should be in, but his injury forces me to go with Williams, despite the obvious lineout weakness seeing as Bennett's form is attrochious. Ian Evans could go, but I'd rather have him on standby, as Gough is playing very well (When you look beyond his two yellow cards in three days) McCusker is only on the plane because Powell should stay banned for a little longer. I agree Martyn should be rested, as well. Bearman is the back-up 8, as he recovered form quickly with his previous injury, so I don't see why he can't do it again now. I keep hearing Peel is in horrible form, and so Evans being in fantastic form, he can go unless I'm hearing the wrong things. I feel like I shouldn't be leaving Biggar out, but I am, if only to bring him back down to Earth so he loses some of the confidence and is more level-headed next season. Centres pick themselves, although I was tempted to include Ashley Smith. Byrne and Shane are obvious, and Harries just has to go after the performances he's put in. Halfpenny says that he wants to go and that the surgery shouldn't be [I]too[/I] bad, and could get it done in his weeks off and just miss a bit of the pre-season. Prydie looked fine against Italy, although I would be hesitant to start him against the All Blacks. Brew may recover, so if so he'll be in. If not, Chris Whatshisname looks good, and I could see him being recalled. [/QUOTE]
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