i put in morgan stoddart as he is outstanding at regional level, and european level, and with lee byrne seriously off the boil last season with NOBODY to put in instead of him due to stoddarts injury, this next year will be interesting for the full back role. Jason Tovey can be added but he has been pushed up to 10, and a great move that.
and how many times does stephen jones have to prove doubters wrong! biggar had his test v the all blacks and after all his chopsing in the press, was awful. even missed a kick in front of the posts. Stephen Jones WILL be 10 in the world cup, and it will be his last. He controls the welsh backline and gets the best out of his centres. biggar seems to ignore everyone and throws interception passes, even for the ospreys.
i thought the jon thomas at 8 would cause someone to say something! basically, wales lack a number 8.we have no no.8. ryan jones is awful, cant control the back of the scrum, and RARELY gains yards, and on the summer tour v the all blacks, jon thomas played better at 8 than ryan jones ever has. im not saying that i think jon thomas should be there, its just that the number 8s in wales are all non welsh players. mccusker and warburton i see as the flanks with lydiate and turnbull challenging. turnbull can play 8, but is better at 6 and 7, same as mccusker. warburton is better when he is at 7, same as lydiate.
as for henson, forget it! he had all the talent in the world and he's thrown it away. he hasnt played, or trained in a while, he went camping in the snowy weather, going ball room dancing, its time the welsh media and coaches forgot about him. dont get me wrong, henson on his day is a class act, but with jamie roberts, james hook, andrew bishop, jon davies all in the welsh camp, then theres PLENTY of centres from the wales u20's just been given contracts at ther regions, he has ALOT to prove, IF he comes back to rugby. imo, he's thrown it away. Even the Ospreys are doing better without him (and im not what they call a fan of theres!!).
i try not to be one eyed, but like everyone, they have views like that every now and then.
so tomwid88, who would you place at 8 for wales?? please dont say ryan jones! you posted a sensible post above!! dont throw it away!!!!
as i said, my oppinion with JT was only basesd on the summer tour of nz only.
