Flanker Dan Lydiate injured his shoulder during the game and Wales said he would miss the upcoming three-Test tour of New Zealand. “More time is going to benefit anybody, obviously, but at some stage you are going to have to dip your toe in the water and see how you react to games”, McBryde said.
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And Moriarty earns a chance to impress from the start for Wales following an outstanding performance off the bench when he scored two tries in the 67-14 stroll against Italy just over two months ago. We have got to be really careful in the game that we don’t allow that to creep in. They are a couple of wins ahead of us.
Borthwick insists England should expect to win on Sunday despite the unavailability of stars such as Billy Vunipola, Maro Itoje and Jack Nowell in front of what is expected to be full house.
Lock Alun Wyn Jones is back in training after recovering from a heel injury sustained in mid-March, and could play at Twickenham.
Eddie Jones remains defiant that George Ford will be his No.10 in the first test against Australia in Brisbane on June 11 despite the player enduring a confidence-knocking Twickenham kicking nightmare.
The Lions ace won’t be on the Monday flight to New Zealand and head coach Warren Gatland expects to name a replacement in his squad for the three Tests against the All Blacks and midweek fixture with the Chiefs.
“Credit to the boys, they stuck in there and we got the win in the end”.
“I have seen Tiger Woods miss putts, I have seem Michael Jordan miss jump shots, everyone has a bad day and he had a bad day kicking but I thought the rest of his play was brilliant”. We were blowing a bit so to get the game under our belt was pretty good. He started the second half with one kick from hand charged down and another missed conversion. That sometimes happens in sport. We have acknowledged and accepted that. “We are trying to keep him relaxed and say that doesn’t normally happen on a first child, but if that does happen, we are going to have to deal with it in a positive way”.
“People talk about New Zealand being weakened”.
“We haven’t said anything to Dan because he has got to process that the tour could already be over for him and that’s incredibly disappointing”.
“This will serve to strengthen the squad’s depth as we move towards the 2019 World Cup”.
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“You just can’t go out there (southern hemisphere) and try to play 10-man rugby and shut up shop”.
