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Gatland names 47-man squad as 3 players released and star nursing injury
Wales head coach Warren Gatland has announced an updated training squad for the Rugby World Cup 2023, consisting of 47 players. Sam Parry from Ospreys has been called up to join the squad.
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However, due to injuries, Ken Owens (back) and Josh Macleod (shoulder) from Scarlets, as well as Will Davies-King (foot) from Cardiff Rugby, have been released from the squad.
Several changes have occurred since the initial preliminary training squad announcement on 1 May. Alun Wyn Jones, Justin Tipuric, and Rhys Webb have retired from international rugby. Rhys Carre has been released, and Cory Hill has withdrawn from the squad as he is unavailable to participate in the Rugby World Cup.
“We’ve been really pleased with the players’ attitude and commitment throughout the first few weeks of our mini camps.
“The group has worked really hard and there have been a few curve balls from us in terms of testing them mentally and physically as people may have seen in some of our videos.
“Unfortunately we’re having to release Ken, Josh and Will due to injury which is really disappointing, but all three are hoping to be available later in the year should we need an injury replacement at any point.
“Ken has a niggle in his back which he needs some time out to sort. Josh got the injury on club duty – we were hoping to be able to manage it but specialist assessment showed that wasn’t possible. Will picked up the foot injury in training with us which we were managing but then he got re-injured so has been released.
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The squad are at the National Centre of Excellence in Hensol and will travel to Fiesch, Switzerland on Monday 3 July for a two-week training camp.
Gatland added: “We’re looking forward to getting the group back together for a few days further training in Wales before we head to Switzerland.
“We’ve done a lot of good preparation already here in Wales and we are heading to Fiesch where we are looking to get the benefits of sleeping at altitude and will kick our training up another gear.
“Owen Williams and Alex Cuthbert won’t travel to Switzerland for personal reasons but we are looking them to attend our training camp in Turkey.
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“Taulupe Faletau will travel out to Switzerland for the second week of the training camp as he’s managing a bit of a calf injury and so he can help out at home with his young family following the recent birth of his third child.”
FORWARDS:
Corey Domachowski (Cardiff Rugby)
Kemsley Mathias (Scarlets)
Nicky Smith (Ospreys)
Gareth Thomas (Ospreys)
Elliot Dee (Dragons)
Ryan Elias (Scarlets)
Dewi Lake (Ospreys)
Sam Parry (Ospreys)
Keiron Assiratti (Cardiff Rugby)
Tomas Francis (Ospreys)
Dillon Lewis (Harlequins)
Henry Thomas (Montpellier)
Adam Beard (Ospreys)
Ben Carter (Dragons)
Rhys Davies (Ospreys)
Dafydd Jenkins (Exeter Chiefs)
Will Rowlands (Dragons)
Christ Tshiunza (Exeter Chiefs)
Teddy Williams (Cardiff Rugby)
Taine Basham (Dragons)
Taulupe Faletau (Cardiff Rugby)
Dan Lydiate (Dragons)
Jac Morgan (Ospreys)
Tommy Reffell (Leicester Tigers)
Aaron Wainwright (Dragons)
BACKS:
Gareth Davies (Scarlets)
Kieran Hardy (Scarlets)
Tomos Williams (Cardiff Rugby)
Gareth Anscombe (unattached)
Dan Biggar (Toulon)
Sam Costelow (Scarlets)
Owen Williams (Ospreys)
Mason Grady (Cardiff Rugby)
Max Llewellyn (Gloucester Rugby)
George North (Ospreys)
Joe Roberts (Scarlets)
Nick Tompkins (Saracens)
Johnny Williams (Scarlets)
Keiran Williams (Ospreys)
Josh Adams (Cardiff Rugby)
Alex Cuthbert (Ospreys)
Rio Dyer (Dragons)
Cai Evans (Ospreys)
Leigh Halfpenny (unattached)
Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester Rugby)
Tom Rogers (Scarlets)
Liam Williams (Cardiff Rugby)
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The game was already over leave the bloke alone ….from a Welsh fan 😀👍
2 Go to commentsShamefully the Toulouse players acted like footballers, falling down feigning injury at the slightest knock. About time refs penalised this play acting.
6 Go to commentsAnother non Scot for the anti Scot Townsend. Soon there will be no Scottish born and bred players in the National team.
1 Go to commentsGreat comeback to the playing field by Richie Mo’unga after the loss of his father. A great performance by Richie . I know him well and he is a great guy. On and off the field one of the greatest for the Crusaders. Scott Robertson would have loved him in his All Black’s side. A very missed player and person.
1 Go to commentsYeah nah he comes across as a funny bloke, but that stopped abruptly after the Nutcracker Prince debacle✋
2 Go to commentsAt this point I can’t watch him without thinking he’s a dirty slimebag. He should have been banned for the same amount of time that Quinn was out. It took Tupaea near on a fricking year to get fit enough to play again and his leg will never be the same. The other crap thing is that he was at ABs level and now he has to claw his way back there when he could have had several games under his belt.
4 Go to commentsThe Black Ferns 7’s have been without Captain Sarah Hirini now since Dec 23 in Dubai where she suffered a bad ACL injury - hopefully she is on the road to recovery for Madrid and Paris. Now also have Tyler King and Shiray kaka on the Injured List but the Team still found a way to win in Singapore and claim the overall Title.
1 Go to commentsUtter grub, hope he gets his leg broken. Shocking he is still playing after intentionally breaking quinn tupaeas knee
4 Go to commentsGreat to see NZ 7s teams finally coming into form and playing at the level that is expected of them.
2 Go to commentsChief Cheapshot on the market again.
4 Go to commentsCrusaders went all in to buy Hotham and Kemara staight from Hamilton Boys. Then they picked up Reihana and Hohepa; all have been dropped for superstar Havili, who is a very good fullback, that’s it. Ennor and Goodhue were schoolboy stars too but went backwards at the Crusaders. Maybe they have finally decided to give another poach Levi Aumua the ball?
13 Go to commentsJoe S has some talent to pick from. The Reds loosies look the best in Super? Aus might just give Razor a headache this year. Int. experience v Cantab greenhorn:) Should be fun.
13 Go to commentsEnd to end play, “THE FANS” this game was entertainment of the best. The conditions added to the spectacle.
1 Go to commentsSorry to say, but sadly the sadas were just ordinary and havilli at 10 as an abs selection just won’t cut it. He’s better suited in the centre’s and is a victim of past charge down kicks, he’s too slow under pressure. There’s better talent further north and I don’t mean dmac however I believe razor will sort him out. A feature of his presents on the park is the fact that the guys will follow him.
13 Go to commentsMarler was brilliant throughout both in the scrum and open play. His slap made virtually no contact with Ramos who milked it for a penalty when he could have been a decent sportsman and laughed it off, it was non-violent and shouldn't have been penalised. Smith failed repeatedly to kick when necessary and put up a couple of bombs into the TLS 22 that just handed back possession at key moments to the other side.
3 Go to commentsCros was outstanding and rightly awarded France TVs player of the match award. Mallia was brilliant as usual (the y is below the 6 on a UK keyboard and he deserves better than that). Level also seems to have been scored harshly as he walked the ball into touch under pressure from a Lynagh kick from well outside his own half which should never have led to a 50-22. Agree with BullShark that Dupont, while class at times, seemed to go missing for patches in the second half with props, hookers and wings frequently filling in at 9 as he couldn't get off the deck and up to the next ruck on time. A 7 by his standards at best, his kicking was also too long, too often. Kinghorn's overall contribution was worth well more than a five.
6 Go to commentsThe Harlequins team must be in minus figures. Did the reporter actually watch the game?
6 Go to commentsHow on earth did Walker escape a red card? Not dangerous? Dupont has his face in a mask earlier this season. Shocking decision. What is the point of TMOs? We had the Fassi ‘non-penalty try’ yesterday and now this.
2 Go to commentsCould have been a different result but yet again French tv able to affect the result by not showing the very clear high shot on harlequin centre if this would have been on a French player would have been on screen at least five times
3 Go to commentsAmazing. The losing team’s ratings are higher than the winning team’s. Mallia definitely didn’t deserve a y. What game were you watching? Should have got a w or an x. ADP hardly featured in that second half. At one point I wondered when he’d been subbed. Seems to me as if he gets an automatic 9 just for getting onto the team sheet.
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