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[2015 RWC] Warm Up Match: Wales vs Italy (05/09/15)
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<blockquote data-quote="AzaMatt" data-source="post: 743108" data-attributes="member: 71571"><div style="text-align: center">[ATTACH]3919[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]3921[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]3920[/ATTACH]</div><p></p><p></p><p>Hello all, couldn’t see another discussion for this match open so figured i would open one.</p><p></p><p>Teams should be announced later on this week so will edit this post once they have been announced. until then speculate away!</p><p></p><p><strong>Gatland</strong> said "We’ve done a lot of conditioning and we want to go into that match as fit as possible. So the squad we pick for Italy this may include one or two players outside the 31. We need to keep players involved and interested and other players fresh and injury free as well. Ross Moriarty and Kristian Dacey could be potentially involved" - from wales online</p><p></p><p>I can understand his logic partially but surely this last warm up match should be used for the squad members to gel together in their various combinations. If he selects some players from outside the remaining squad it seems silly, as they may never get called up. That spot could have been used for someone in the remaining 31 to gel into the squad as some will have never played together. </p><p></p><p>Its a careful balancing act as all teams have to try to avoid any(more) injuries. What do you all think? should Italy and wales go all out with their team selection this weekend?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AzaMatt, post: 743108, member: 71571"] [CENTER][ATTACH]3919.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]3921.vB[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]3920.vB[/ATTACH][/CENTER] Hello all, couldn’t see another discussion for this match open so figured i would open one. Teams should be announced later on this week so will edit this post once they have been announced. until then speculate away! [B]Gatland[/B] said "We’ve done a lot of conditioning and we want to go into that match as fit as possible. So the squad we pick for Italy this may include one or two players outside the 31. We need to keep players involved and interested and other players fresh and injury free as well. Ross Moriarty and Kristian Dacey could be potentially involved" - from wales online I can understand his logic partially but surely this last warm up match should be used for the squad members to gel together in their various combinations. If he selects some players from outside the remaining squad it seems silly, as they may never get called up. That spot could have been used for someone in the remaining 31 to gel into the squad as some will have never played together. Its a careful balancing act as all teams have to try to avoid any(more) injuries. What do you all think? should Italy and wales go all out with their team selection this weekend? [/QUOTE]
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