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The 13 casualties from Wales' official RWC squad
By Ian Cameron
Warren Gatland has named his 33-man Rugby World Cup squad and there are a total of at least 13 players involved in training camps that didn’t make the cut.
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Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake have been named as Wales co-captains for the Rugby World Cup. The Ospreys forwards will lead a squad that includes recent international newcomers in wing Rio Dyer, centre Mason Grady and prop Corey Domachowski.
But there is no place for scrum-half Kieran Hardy, with Wales head coach Warren Gatland deciding to select just two nines in Tomos Williams and Gareth Davies.
There is also no room for rookie second row Ben Carter or up-and-coming centre Max Llewellyn, nor is there room for experienced hooker Sam Parry.
Alex Cuthbert – who pulled out of Saturday’s match against South Africa with a calf injury – has also missed the cut.
Training squad members Teddy Williams, Kieran Hardy, Alex Cuthbert, Rhys Davies, Max Llewellyn, Kemsley Mathias, Taine Plumtree, Cai Evans, Keiran Williams, Tom Rogers, Sam Parry, Ben Carter and Keiron Assiratti have all failed to make the cut.
The 33-player squad is made up of 19 forwards and 14 backs with an average age of 27 years old. Seventeen players have previous Rugby World Cup experience.
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THE OFFICIAL 33-MAN SQUAD:
Forwards: T Basham (Dragons), A Beard (Ospreys), E Dee (Dragons), C Domachowski (Cardiff), R Elias (Scarlets), T Faletau (Cardiff), T Francis (Provence), D Jenkins (Exeter), D Lake (Ospreys, co-capt), D Lewis (Harlequins), D Lydiate (Dragons), J Morgan (Ospreys, co-capt), T Reffell (Leicester), W Rowlands (Dragons), N Smith (Ospreys), G Thomas (Ospreys), H Thomas (Montpellier), C Tshiunza (Exeter), A Wainwright (Dragons).
Backs: J Adams (Cardiff), G Anscombe (Tokyo Sungoliath), D Biggar (Toulon), S Costelow (Scarlets), G Davies (Scarlets), R Dyer (Dragons), M Grady (Cardiff), L Halfpenny (unattached), G North (Ospreys), L Rees-Zammit (Gloucester), N Tompkins (Saracens), J Williams (Scarlets), L Williams (Kubota Spears), T Williams (Cardiff).
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