Who would you pick?

Th Wales rugby team.


Imagine for a minute that the world cup starts tomorrow, who would you have in your team, and perhaps more importantly, who would you leave out?

First Choice / Second Choice

15 - Priestland / Byrne
14 - Stoddart / Halfpenny
13 - Roberts / Maule
12 - Davies / Bishop
11 - Brew / S Williams
10 - S Jones / Hook
9 - W Evans / Phillips

1 - Jenkins / James
2 - Rees / Hibbard
3 - A Jones / R Thomas
4 - B Davies / Reed
5 - AW Jones / Charteris
6 - Lydiate / McCusker
7 - Warburton / Turnbull
8 - Faletau / R Jones

(That makes 5, Blues, 5 Dragons, 10 Ospreys & 10 Scarlets)

I know this is going to be unpopular but I WOULD pick Henson in there.

15 Fussell
14 Brew
13 Davies
12 Williams/Bishop
11 Williams
10 Jones
9 Peel

1 Thomas
2 Hibbard
3 Jones
4 AWJ (c)
5 Charteris
6 Turnbull
8 Jones
7 Warburton

16 James
17 Rees
18 Gough
19 Faletau
20 Rees
21 Biggar
22 Henson

15 Lee Bryne
14 Leigh Halfpenny
13 Jamie Roberts
12 James Hook
11 Shane Williams
10 Stephen Jones
9 Dwayne Peel
8 Ryan Jones
7 Sam Warburton
6 Dan Lydiate
5 Alun Wyn-Jones
4 Bradley Davies
3 Adam Jones
2 Matt Rees
1 Gethin Jenkins

16 George North
17 Gavin Henson
18 Mike Phillips
19 Martyn Williams
20 Luke Charteris
21 Craig Mitchell
22 Richard Hibbard
23 Paul James

I'm not sure that Halfpenny will be fit.
Peel will not make the squad.
Gethin should not make the squad.

So North in, Brew on the bench
Rees in, Knoyle bench.
James in, Bevington bench.

The rest look certs but for me Nugget should lose out to Faletau.

Probably why I'm not the Welsh coach mmmmmmmmmmmm

ospreylian wrote:I'm not sure that Halfpenny will be fit.
Peel will not make the squad.
Gethin should not make the squad.

So North in, Brew on the bench
Rees in, Knoyle bench.
James in, Bevington bench.

The rest look certs but for me Nugget should lose out to Faletau.

Probably why I'm not the Welsh coach mmmmmmmmmmmm

Funny to say this but Mike Phillips aggression and physicality is EXACTLY what we need against the Island teams. We need guys who wont go into hiding when it gets physical and Phillips fits the bill.

First Choice / Second Choice

15 - Byrne/Fussell
14 - Halfpenny/Noth
13 - Davies / Roberts
12 - Henson/ Bishop
11 - Brew / S Williams
10 - Hook/ Robinson
9 - W Evans / Phillips

1 - Jenkins / James
2 - Rees / Hibbard
3 - A Jones / R Thomas
4 - B Davies / Charteris
5 - AW Jones / I Evans
6 - Lydiate / McCusker
7 - Warburton / Turnbull
8 - R Jones/Faletau

(That makes 5, Blues, 5 Dragons, 9 Ospreys, 6 Scarlets and 5 an others)