Are Wales going to be great again?

Tigerandahalf

Some fabulous players coming through. Warburton, North, Halfpenny and Scott Williams are around the 19-22 mark. Warburton looks a Lions captain while North has come on a huge amount in this tournament. They were throwing the ball around against Fiji despite the wet weather. It will be very interesting to see how Ire match upto them. I hope we don't turnover a lot of possession.

GerM

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Some fabulous players coming through. Warburton, North, Halfpenny and Scott Williams are around the 19-22 mark. Warburton looks a Lions captain while North has come on a huge amount in this tournament. They were throwing the ball around against Fiji despite the wet weather. It will be very interesting to see how Ire match upto them. I hope we don't turnover a lot of possession.

Too many false dawns for Wales at this stage to think that this one could be any different. On their day, they're always capable of competing with the best but their consistency is always suspect and they've a horrible habit of sabotaging themselves. 5 years ago we were hearing the exact same things with Henson, Peel, Ryan Jones, Jenkins and Hook coming to the fore. They're brilliant on their day but they need to perform over a few seasons as a team before they can be considered to be a great team. After every big season they've had in recent times, they've followed it up with some awful performances.

.ak

GerM wrote: »

Too many false dawns for Wales at this stage to think that this one could be any different. On their day, they're always capable of competing with the best but their consistency is always suspect and they've a horrible habit of sabotaging themselves. 5 years ago we were hearing the exact same things with Henson, Peel, Ryan Jones, Jenkins and Hook coming to the fore. They're brilliant on their day but they need to perform over a few seasons as a team before they can be considered to be a great team. After every big season they've had in recent times, they've followed it up with some awful performances.

That sounds exactly what we say about the Irish national team. Ha These two teams are so alike in many respects...

Piliger

Wales are being monstrously over rated ! They have had two walks in the park in a row now and it makes them look good. That's all.

We have a far better team with more experience and options.

evil_seed

They are very similar to Oz IMO.

On their day and with everything going well, they are pretty much unstoppable.

But put it up to them, get in their face and they won't have the intestinal fortitude or experience to deal with things not going their way

CatFromHue

I don't know much about Scott Williams but if Henson ever gets fit and his head right they have potentially a very exciting backline

Phillips, Priestland/Biggar, Henson, Roberts/Davies, North, Halfpenny, Hook.

At the moment their centres are too predictable Henson could really liven up their attack

Fight_Night

Wales are playing great, attractive rugby and certainly seem to have found their form, but let's not get carried away.

They have so far: lost to an out of form Boks side, beaten Fiji and Namibia comprehensively and beaten Samoa(with Samoa only having 4 days rest). You can only play what's in front of you but the fact is Wales haven't really proven themselves against good opposition.

Digifriendly

Think I'm right in saying that Fiji side was not their full strength one either and even it it was they still have been a pale shadow of the 2007 team. So Saturday really is the acid test for Wales.

The_Kew_Tour

Ireland will beat Wales easy enough on Saturday

Ben Moore

Do not underestimate them, we will have to be on top form, they beat us back in March. Wales gave South Africa a run for their money and now they have had two easy games.

But I still feel we can beat them, our team's spirit is building like compound interest.

The_Kew_Tour

Cant see Wales beating us..I expect comfortable victory for this..

[Jackass]

I really rate their centres, but they've a long way to go before they're great.