all blacks vs wales

[douglasallen91]

15. mils muliana
14. rico gear
13. tana umaga
12. aaron mauger
11. joe rokocoko
10. daniel carter
9. byron kellaher
8. rodney so'oalio
7. chris masoe
6. jerry collins
5. james ryan
4. chris jack
3. carl hayman
2. anton oliver
1. nemia tialata (spelling)

16. andrew hore
17. tony woodcock ????????
18. angus macdonald
19. richie mccaw
20. jimmy cowan
21. ma'a nonu
22. leon macdonald

 

[aussies1st]

And the Walesh team
15. Gareth Thomas (Toulouse, capt);
14. Kevin Morgan (Newport Gwent Dragons),
13. Mark Taylor (Sale),
12. Ceri Sweeney (Newport Gwent Dragons),
11. Shane Williams (Neath-Swansea Ospreys);
10. Stephen Jones (Clermont Auvergne),
9. Michael Phillips (Cardiff);
8. Michael Owen (Newport Gwent Dragons),
7. Colin Charvis (Newcastle),
6. Jonathan Thomas (Neath Swansea Ospreys);
5. Robert Sidoli (Cardiff),
4. Brent Cockbain (Neath Swansea Ospreys);
3. Adam Jones (Neath Swansea Ospreys),
2. Mefin Davies (Gloucester),
1. Duncan Jones (Neath Swansea Ospreys)
Replacements: Rhys Thomas (Cardiff), Chris Horsman (Worcester), Luke Charteris (Newport Gwent Dragons), Robin Sowden-Taylor (Cardiff), Gareth Cooper (Newport Gwent Dragons), Nicky Robinson (Cardiff), Lee Byrne (Llanelli)

 

[lockyno1]

I like the look of that Welsh team!

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Hayman & Tialata, that's one big, mobile front row.

 

[aussies1st]

ABs always have a good all rounder side even if they rest players.

 

[aqua_duck]

Hopefully Rico Gear will be able to score a few lolly pop tries off 7 man overlaps.
C'mon Rico give us something mate. Good provincial/super 14 winger but was crap in the tri nations.

 

[Manu Vatuvei]

The Welsh team look like such a bunch of hillbillies lol.

 

[Jackal Dog]

And the Walesh team
15. Gareth Thomas (Toulouse, capt);
14. Kevin Morgan (Newport Gwent Dragons),
13. Mark Taylor (Sale),
12. Ceri Sweeney (Newport Gwent Dragons),
11. Shane Williams (Neath-Swansea Ospreys);
10. Stephen Jones (Clermont Auvergne),
9. Michael Phillips (Cardiff);
8. Michael Owen (Newport Gwent Dragons),
7. Colin Charvis (Newcastle),
6. Jonathan Thomas (Neath Swansea Ospreys);
5. Robert Sidoli (Cardiff),
4. Brent Cockbain (Neath Swansea Ospreys);
3. Adam Jones (Neath Swansea Ospreys),
2. Mefin Davies (Gloucester),
1. Duncan Jones (Neath Swansea Ospreys)
Replacements: Rhys Thomas (Cardiff), Chris Horsman (Worcester), Luke Charteris (Newport Gwent Dragons), Robin Sowden-Taylor (Cardiff), Gareth Cooper (Newport Gwent Dragons), Nicky Robinson (Cardiff), Lee Byrne (Llanelli)

Pretty good team considering the amount of injuries the Welsh have suffered I think it still could of been better though, how that nuff nuff Sweeney is starting over Nicky Robinson is puzzling as is Shane Williams over Lee Byrne also Duncan Jones is overrated they should of started Chris Horsman he is the type of player that could give the ab's trouble in the scrum. Glad to see Michael Phillips starting. Overall it is a decent team but I think the centre's are the weak point.

Anyway Go Welsh!!(accept when they play against us) I hope they spank the AB's and Boks cause some more competitive NH nations would do Rugby a world of good!

 

[Mal Meninga]

Wales will really struggle..... All Blacks by 20.
Masoe at openside??
There is just no points in that Wales backline.

 

[aqua_duck]

Masoe was a stand out in the NPC, really busy, aggressive player.

 

[douglasallen91]

13. tana umaga
12. aaron mauger

made one error their did the team off the radio off the top of my head:

13. conrad smith
12. tana umaga

 

[aussies1st]

Much better team with Umaga at 12 and Smith at 13.

 

[Jackal Dog]

Look out for Welsh scrummy Mike Phillips, he's 6'3 and has been brought in to counter Kelleher's phsyical presence around the ruck and put pressure on Carter think Ricky Januarie only much bigger.

 

[aussies1st]

He would have to be the tallest halfback going around.

 

[douglasallen91]

too many handling errors but a 41 to 3 victory to the all blacks

carter got 2 tries, 5 conversions and two penalties to get the record for most points scored in a match by a all black vs wales.

and a second division npc player got a hattrick.

 

[aussies1st]

Wales had nothing against the ABs. ABs won every facet of the game. Carter has yet again shown he is the best 10 in the World. And the ABs have shown their depth.

 

[CanadianSteve]

Is the next WC in the bag for NZ?

 

[Blaze]

Is the next WC in the bag for NZ?

No, we don't know how to win world cups. It will be France, South Africa or NZ though.

 

[ozbash]

i think graham henry is very cautiously building toward the world cup.

cant wait till tana and the boys line up against ireland.

what about our anthem,, hayley westenra can surely sing. best anthem ever.