Any idea when the welsh team is named?

Anybody aware of when team announced? Thanks

Rob, I'm guessing it'll be in the early hours of tomorrow.

Thursday 1pm local(Wellington) time, so 1 am tonight

i'd bet my house Gatland will select this exact side
Jenkins, Bennett, Jones
AWJ, Charteris
Lydiate, Faletau, Warburton
Phillips, Priestland
Roberts, Davies
North, Hook, Halfpenny

Pot Noodle Miner wrote:i'd bet my house Gatland will select this exact side
Jenkins, Bennett, Jones
AWJ, Charteris
Lydiate, Faletau, Warburton
Phillips, Priestland
Roberts, Davies
North, Hook, Halfpenny

Where do you live ?

I might take that bet... Got a feeling Byrne will be in as fullback and Williams might be on the wing...

But if you live in Abercynon i am not interested... I had an argument with the Landlord of the Thorn Hotel there years ago and it put me off the place.

Nope not far off maestegmafia, i live in Treharris
Gatland always seems to find a place for Hook in the side so i have a feeling he will be straight back in and HP may be needed for any 50+ metre pens, Shane will be on the bench

It'll be Byrne at full back. We'll be getting garryowens on Saturday and I'd have more confidence in him under the high ball than either of the other two contenders.

Please, not Hook at FB, we're offering ourselves on a plate if we do that. It has to be a specialist FB vs O'Gara, not only for the high ball but for general positioning.

PNM, my family is from Trelewis, although none of us there any more.

Pot Noodle Miner wrote:Nope not far off maestegmafia, i live in Treharris
Gatland always seems to find a place for Hook in the side so i have a feeling he will be straight back in and HP may be needed for any 50+ metre pens, Shane will be on the bench

I could see your thinking...

Tough call between Halfpenny, Williams, North, Hook or Byrne for the back three slots. Imagine if we had had a fit and on form Stoddard too.

BlueNote wrote:Please, not Hook at FB, we're offering ourselves on a plate if we do that. It has to be a specialist FB vs O'Gara, not only for the high ball but for general positioning.

PNM, my family is from Trelewis, although none of us there any more.

I would go with Byrne...

Steady under high ball, good pace good angles great left boot... North and Halfpenny on the wings with shane waiting in the wings.

small world BlueNote

theres going to be 1 unlucky player who misses out and its going to be one of Hook, Sc. Williams, JD2 or Sh.Williams, either that or there'll be 4 backs and 3 forwards on the bench which could be a risky descision