6N Preview – Wales
No team in the history in the 120 year history of the tournament has ever won the title outright in three successive years. This could well be the first.
No team in the history in the 120 year history of the tournament has ever won the title outright in three successive years. This could well be the first.
After much deliberation the team has been picked! Fifteen of the top contributors in international rugby over the course of the year, a few certainly debateable, while others pick themselves.
Quade Cooper stole the show in his 50th test as the November test series came to an exciting close with Australia once again edging out Wales at the Millenium Stadium.
The final test match of 2013 takes place at the Millenium Stadium on Saturday, as Wales will attempt to conquer Australia having lost the previous eight meetings between the two.
Another whopping set of games had to be digested, but finally the team of the week is here. As usual there are some obvious ones and maybe a couple surprises.
A review of four more of the weekend’s games, including an upset in Tbilisi, a surprising scoreline in Cardiff, and two blowouts over the Iberian sides in Lisbon and Madrid.
Wales face Tonga for the first time in a decade on Friday evening, and have already stirred things up with coach Shaun Edwards calling for ‘referee protection’ for his team.
With so many outstanding performances there were some real dilemmas selecting a team this week. Those picked at fullback, left wing, and number eight in particular should consider themselves lucky.
A brief review of the remaining results from the weekend taking place in England, Wales, Ireland and twice in France. The flurry of cards continued but also some fantastic tries.
Warren Gatland has selected an wildly inauspicious Welsh side, including a couple bolters, hoping to get one back on the Pumas who left Millenium Stadium smiling this time last year.