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They are so bad. There's enough decent players to be better than they are. Grim stuff.

The only positive is that they'll have the wind second half and it does seem to be pretty strong. By that time they might be out of the game though.

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Last couple of years he couldn't get a run because of concussions. To say he couldn't get ahead of Dan Jones is pretty unfair and makes out it was a straight shoot out rather than one bloke perpetually on the comeback trail. For Wales he never got much of a run. 11 of his 21 matches were off the ben...

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Just caught some Super Rugby Highlights. Patchell is looking rather handy for the Highlanders. Didn’t see the whole game but the highlight reel included a try, another zipping pass to set up a try, a pass out the back door in a tackle to create a try and a lovely kick through for a try. Obviously i...

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Cymru am byth

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Johnny Mcnicholl back to NZ with immediate effect. Blow for Scarlets that - he looked outstanding in a terrible performance last time out. Could have done with his quality.

A player I really enjoyed watching, sorry to see him go.

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The halfbacks are not the problem. The gameplan/forward power is the problem. Tomos is a buzzing, instinctive player. Sam Costelow and Ioan Lloyd both have an eye to run...Lloyd particularly. Our ruck ball is slow and our attacking patterns bereft of the sharpness and shape that makes defenders make...

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I think that must be the A team backline. The Welsh team Cardey got capped in had the likes of Howley, Bateman...so lights years better. Still, the drop off to the A team is incredible.

However I'd still say we've put out worse backlines.

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Of course we have. Your memory may be trying to fight it but apparently we once put out this backline 15. Matt Cardey 14. Jason Jones-Hughes 13. Simon Hill 12. Andy Marinos 11. Richard Diplock 10. Adrian Davies 9. Ryan Powell Now that is absolute gold. 2000? Matt Cardey only had 1 cap I think and t...

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Of course we have. Your memory may be trying to fight it but apparently we once put out this backline

15. Matt Cardey
14. Jason Jones-Hughes
13. Simon Hill
12. Andy Marinos
11. Richard Diplock
10. Adrian Davies
9. Ryan Powell

Now that is absolute gold.

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Dyer is going well, and Adams seems undroppable despite playing like dogshit. Can he play 15? Adams just needs to go back to Cardiff and get a run of games. More than anything he just needs to get the ball in his hands. Class player - just going through a bit of a dip. Mason Grady for France. A Dye...

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Frodder wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:54 pm
Da iawn diolch wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:26 pm
Theflier wrote: ↑Thu Feb 29, 2024 5:21 pm How until Cuthbert is called up?
Dyer is going well, and Adams seems undroppable despite playing like dogshit.

Can he play 15?
Adams is the 4th best wing at Cardiff. God knows why we haven't fudged him off somewhere

He's playing badly right now, but he'll come good.

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How until Cuthbert is called up? Dyer is going well, and Adams seems undroppable despite playing like dogshit. Can he play 15? Adams just needs to go back to Cardiff and get a run of games. More than anything he just needs to get the ball in his hands. Class player - just going through a bit of a d...

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Cuthbert is 33 and hasn't managed a run of more than a few games in years...plus Mason Grady is the new, shiny lump on the wing. I think we're safe.

But good for the Ospreys. They've got plenty of smaller wings in Giles, Protheroe, Morgan...so something a bit different if he can stay fit.

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He was shite for the Saes and now he wants to play for us. We're not Scotland He played twice for England! Harsh. Think you're too quick to write him off. I look forward to seeing him at the dragons :D He can join Jonah, Tompkins and that Bath lad as players that went meh at the Dregs Jonah Holmes ...

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Interesting that Ollie Hassel-Collins is saying he'd happily play for Wales if England don't cap him again. He's some player and I'd be surprised if England didn't take another look at him at some point in the next couple of years. He was shite for the Saes and now he wants to play for us. We're no...

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Interesting that Ollie Hassel-Collins is saying he'd happily play for Wales if England don't cap him again. He's some player and I'd be surprised if England didn't take another look at him at some point in the next couple of years.

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Those lads were big but not exceptionally explosive with the exception of North. I'd also suggest that they were the exception that proves the rule...the drop off in physicality from those lads to the next in line during that period was practically vertiginous. True. Also when we were at our peak w...

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Those lads were big but not exceptionally explosive with the exception of North.

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I can understand some of the main players - Domachowski, Assiratti, Mann, Winnett...but Evan Lloyd needs to play, Martin had 20 minutes, so can at least be a bench option. Teddy Williams? Hell, give Josh Adams a chance to play his way into form. The sort of thinking that doesn't actually help the na...

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Dee deserves more than a 5. Flawless in the lineout, tackle stats were ok (11), carried 11 times for 20 metres - with a lot of those in our best period of the match. He did get turned over after that 20 phase stretch on 60 minutes or so but I'd argue that was as much about his support as the carry. ...

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I know people outside of the welsh bubble will think it's just mockers appeasement, but I've never seen such complete lack of belief that we'll win. There's normally some completely misguided, refusal to look facts in the face, hope but that's at an all time low. A win tomorrow would be one for the ...

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This one will surpass the lot <that's my stores of humour/optimism emptied>....

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It's like the line in the Usual Suspects First day on the job, you know what I learned? How to spot a murderer. Let's say you arrest three guys for the same killing. You put them all in jail overnight. The next morning, whoever's sleeping is your man. You see, if you're guilty, you know you're caugh...

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Wales U20s team for Ireland: Five Dragons starters, another on the bench with a Steelman. Recall to the XV for towering 6ft 5ins lock Nick Thomas. The 18-year-old made 8 appearances for Newport before Six Nations duty. If you are a lock and are 6ft5 you are not towering. You better have a high work...

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Wales Under-20s: Huw Anderson (Dragons); Harry Rees-Weldon (Dragons), Louie Hennessey (Bath), Harri Ackerman (Dragons, capt), Walker Price (Dragons); Harri Wilde (Cardiff), Ieuan Davies (Bath); Josh Morse (Scarlets), Harry Thomas (Scarlets), Sam Scott (Midlands Central), Jonny Green (Harlequins), N...

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Oh well. Would have preferred Rowlands to start but given the options, can hardly be enraged. Do Rowlands or Daf call the lineout? I mean, it's a moot point if Elias is throwing, but it might explain why Wozza isn't starting them together. Someone calling our lineouts? Well, that's an exciting deve...

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Wales: Winnett; Adams, North, Tompkins, Dyer; Costelow, Tomos Williams; G Thomas, Dee, Assiratti, Jenkins (capt), Beard, Mann, Reffell, Wainwright. Replacements: Elias, Domachoswki, D Lewis, Rowlands, M Martin, Hardy, I Lloyd, Grady. Pretty much as expected. Martin on bench perhaps the biggest surp...

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For me, the Ospreys at least seem to give a shit about hard work, defence and set piece (which is good, because they don't have much of a attack). I've said it many times, but the regions should all set the base minimum target of being hard to beat, and fudge everything else. Both Cardiff and Drago...

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Gareth Williams sacked as defence coach for the Scarlets. Their defence has been about on par with our defence at the dragons and we have the excuse that we don't have a defence coach.

Had to happen. Hard to see any area of their game that is working well but defence has been abysmal.

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O'Connor brought in for Griffin. After last week against Munster that is not too reassuring. I'm sure he'll be a decent player but not yet. and Mathias was the LH wasn't he? I mean what's that all about? I get that Gatland is building for the future, but you don't need to start so young for props. ...

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O'Connor brought in for Griffin. After last week against Munster that is not too reassuring. I'm sure he'll be a decent player but not yet.

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In the squad we have Botham and Mann. I guess you could go Reffell at 6 and Basham/Botham at 7, but do we really want to mess around one of the parts of our game that is going well? Same for Wainwright. You could put Martin in and push Wainwright to 6, but why mess with something that is working. On...

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Seeing Nicky Smith doing a number on Ulster did make we wonder what Gatland has against him, but no, not a lot of changes for Ireland. If Costelow is fit then I guess he comes back in and pushes Lloyd to the bench (plus Cai Evans went off injured for the Dragons so we'll need that 10-15 cover). I'd ...

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Lydiate is having a shocking game. Penalties for dumb stuff, even when clearly warned by the ref, missed tackles, then the obstruction. Kids have largely done ok. Deserve better from the senior players.

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Starting XV: 15. Jack Walsh - Manly Marlins 14. Mat Protheroe - Waunarlywdd RFC 13. Dom Morris - South Woodham Ferriers 12. Keiran Williams - Glynneath RFC 11. Keelan Giles - Waunarlywdd RFC 10. Dan Edwards - Cwmafan RFC 9. Reuben Morgan-Williams - Neath Athletic 1. Nicky Smith - Waunarlywdd RFC 2....

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Dragons RFC: Cai Evans (Cowbridge RFC), Jared Rosser (Pontypool United RFC, Steff Hughes (c) (Llanelli Wanderers), Aneurin Owen (Newport High School Old Boys RFC), Oli Andrew (Caerleon RFC), Angus O’Brien (Caerleon RFC), Dane Blacker (Ynysybwl RFC); Rhodri Jones (Machynlleth RFC), James Benjamin (W...

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Dan Jones aside that's quite an exciting backline. Backrow looks interesting too. Lousi back is a huge bonus...but they've got some serious power up front and the Scarlets haven't looked like beating anyone in quite some time.

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Fcuk me, this thread. How typically Welsh. We flip flop like crazy. Two weeks ago it was all about Ioan after a good 20 minutes v Scotland. Now he needs plenty of work after England. They all do. Its called experience. It was the same with Jarrod. Way too early to even consider Dan Edwards. For me ...

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As for the 10 debate, Ioan Lloyd needs to play a lot more at 10...hopefully Scarlets can give it to him. I think there's the potential there but clearly he needs to learn the position inside out. Of the young 10s I like Dan Edwards. Good head on his shoulders and looks to have a good quality all ro...

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Someone needs to tell one of these bigger lads that they are allowed to play 10 occasionally...there's no cut off when you reach 6ft. Ask and you shall receive. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQX74mxdlBNWupv1HuPyX4oou8AFJDRGSAn3Q&usqp=CAU Bastard. I didn't say just anyone. :lol:

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