We’ve already looked back at the French and English contests from the 2018 Slam so it’s only right and proper that we keep that going ahead of the visit of the Welsh to Dublin too. A couple of starters from 8 years ago are wearing the exact same numbers on Friday…can you spot them?
Wales : 15. Leigh Halfpenny 14 Liam Williams 13 Scott Williams 12 Hadleigh Parkes 11 Steff Evans 10 Dan Biggar 9 Gareth Davies
1 Rob Evans 2 Ken Owens 3 Samson Lee 4 Cory Hill 5 Alun Wyn Jones > CAPT 6 Aaron Shingler 7 Josh Navidi 8 Ross Moriarty
Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee 17 Wyn Jones 18 Tomas Francis 19 Bradley Davies 20 Justin Tipuric 21 Aled Davies 22 Gareth Anscombe 23 George North.
Natwest Six Nations 2018 – Round 3
Saturday, February 24, 2018
KO 2:15pm
Aviva Stadium
Referee – Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Assistant 1 – Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant 2 – Matthew Carley (England)
TMO – Rowan Kitt (England)
Click here if you’d like to read my preview, but for the record my prediction was for an Ireland win by 1 to 3 pts…
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH…
“Our defence was too narrow.”
Whatever about the merits of that statement, my question is…how can that be the very first thing someone says about this match???
Alright, hang on…I know it’s the first thing I’M saying about this match, but I’m merely quoting a straw keyboard warrior. You know what I mean 😉.
HARPIN' ON RUGBY 