Wales Team for the Brumbies match... Faletau out of tour with broken hand means Delve is on the Bench

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WALES: Liam Williams; Harry Robinson, Andrew Bishop, Ashley Beck, Aled Brew; James Hook, Rhys Webb; Paul James, Richard Hibbard, Rhodri Jones, Alun Wyn Jones (Captain), Luke Charteris, Josh Turnbull, Justin Tipuric, Aaron Shingler

REPLACEMENTS: Ken Owens, Rhys Gill, Ian Evans, Gareth Delve, Lloyd Williams, Rhys Priestland, Alex Cuthbert



Rob Howley says

"We are a game down, but we still have all to play for in this series and Tuesday night is the perfect opportunity for this squad of players to move on," said Wales head coach Rob Howley.

"We have one or two bumps and bruises and we are expecting players to 'back-up' after playing a tough Test match and go out there 72hrs later and play for their country.

"But that is exactly what touring is all about. It will be a test of character for the likes of Luke (Charteris), James (Hook) and Alun Wyn (Jones) who all made significant contributions on Saturday."

http://www.wru.co.uk/eng/news/22599.php

How strong is the Brumbies team selected?

SOunds like they have gone to sleep a bit.

Why is Lloyd Williams on for Cuthbert? Precaution?

So only Aus teams can get away with murder at the breakdown ?

Morgannwg wrote:Why is Lloyd Williams on for Cuthbert? Precaution?

Yes

Another penalty, really want to know if justified or if ref is a homer

Hopefully to keep Cuthbert injury free

19-15 Wales

19 - 15

Sound like a few Welsh players are down injured.

LondonTiger wrote:How strong is the Brumbies team selected?

Not very. Jake White has basically rotated his squad and introduced a lot new signings from the Aussie semi pro club comps.

This may be a hint that Webb will get the bench spot ahead of Lloyd then.

penalty to wales in front of the posts

22-15 Wales

22 - 15

Morgannwg wrote:This may be a hint that Webb will get the bench spot ahead of Lloyd then.

Sounds like he is having a good game.

Owens on for hibbard. hibbard for saturday?

Brumbies bomb a try.

Apparently the crowd are booing both teams for going for points. I don't understand to be honest with you The Newcastle crowd also did it in the Aussie- Scotland test match! pathetic

Prior has gone off good, hes been causing problems for us.

gowales wrote:Apparently the crowd are booing both teams for going for points. I don't understand to be honest with you The Newcastle crowd also did it in the Aussie- Scotland test match! pathetic

Different mentality I guess. It would be bloody cold in Canberra tonight, who wants to sit through that to see shots at goal?

I understand for this match, a win means nothing, many of these players are trying to prove their worth which means tries are more important for both crowd and players

Havent heard Delve mentioned once

good defence, driving the brumbies back from 8m out of the welsh try line to the Brumbies 10 m line.

or Robinson.

gowales wrote:Apparently the crowd are booing both teams for going for points. I don't understand to be honest with you The Newcastle crowd also did it in the Aussie- Scotland test match! pathetic

It's been touted as an exhibition match, I guess people want to watch a Baa Baas game. Sounds like the Brumbies are letting things down just going for points

25-15

25 - 15

25-15

sounds like a lot of injuries. Hope they're nothing too serious.

Wals606
Forgot he was playing to be honest. He always seems to do this when he plays for wales. totally anonymous

4 and a half mins to go.

25-15 Wales, full time.

how can you say that its still going on?

now its 25-15

Bad second half from Wales there really. Seemed to lose all focus.

Wales took the foot off the pedal after half time. job done.

I guess I'm a little ahead of you being in Oz and all.

haha 4 looseheads started today

Scoped wrote:Another penalty, really want to know if justified or if ref is a homer

Referee: Ian Smith (Australia)
Assistant referees: Andrew Lees (Australia), Will Houston (Australia)

Full Credit wrote:I guess I'm a little ahead of you being in Oz and all.

why oh why intervew tips, his accent is gonna be unintelligble to the poor aussies

Is the England game being televised at all?

Scoped wrote:Is the England game being televised at all?

Its on sky

"Is the England game being televised at all?" -- If you mean the game against the SA Baa Baas, it's on Sky tomorrow:

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12946,00.html

Interesting to hear the post-match interviews and chat from the Aussie commentators. It seems a lack of knowledge and resorting to cliches in analysis of a foreign side isn't limited to NH pundits They're going on about the Welsh "forward-orientated style of play" forged from "league relegation battles" in hallowed terms... which is pretty funny! Also they seem very pleased that the Brumbies rookies had such a great experience of playing against "the 6N winners front row". Not sure any of the starting Wales front row even played in the 6N - and I think this is one of Rhodri Jones's first ever outings at TH..? Not getting at them - our lot spout the same kind of stuff about the SH teams when they're up here. Just interesting to hear from the other side

Only players that seemed busy according to the commentary were Tipuric, Webb, Hook, Beck and Hibbard. With Turnbull and Liam Williams getting a few mentions here and there.

In fairness to them, they probably didn't think anyone was listening!

The Wales management can't keep ignoring these Ospreys players.

Frustrating to have to go on who was "mentioned" by the radio commentators. Was anyone actually at the game?

MarcusHalberstram wrote:Interesting to hear the post-match interviews and chat from the Aussie commentators. It seems a lack of knowledge and resorting to cliches in analysis of a foreign side isn't limited to NH pundits They're going on about the Welsh "forward-orientated style of play" forged from "league relegation battles" in hallowed terms... which is pretty funny! Also they seem very pleased that the Brumbies rookies had such a great experience of playing against "the 6N winners front row". Not sure any of the starting Wales front row even played in the 6N - and I think this is one of Rhodri Jones's first ever outings at TH..? Not getting at them - our lot spout the same kind of stuff about the SH teams when they're up here. Just interesting to hear from the other side

Well to be fair with the amount of Ospreys in the team, they were always going to play a forward orientated style!

Scoped wrote:Is the England game being televised at all?

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