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The Six Nations drama begins with Wales verses Ireland. The Irish out | :00:17. | :00:24. | |
of the blocks fastest. Quick in speed and mind and skill. | :00:24. | :00:29. | |
But a stunning Wales fight back in the second half. The Millennium | :00:29. | :00:33. | |
Stadium roared as the Grand Slam champions piled on the pressure. | :00:33. | :00:38. | |
But it was all too little, too late. For the first time in Wales history, | :00:38. | :00:42. | |
Wales have now lost five on the bounce at home and it's a trip to | :00:42. | :00:51. | |
Paris next. Hello. Good evening to a Six | :00:51. | :00:56. | |
Nations Special. Wales's hoping of getting back crushed yesterday. By | :00:56. | :01:01. | |
Italy's win over France, that trip to Paris just got tougher. Good | :01:01. | :01:04. | |
evening. After that first half horror show, Wales woke up and | :01:04. | :01:09. | |
started to play. But all to no avail. Here are the thoughts of Rob | :01:09. | :01:13. | |
Howley. We need to start better. That's the | :01:14. | :01:18. | |
obvious thing to say. We need to focus on that. It is disapointing. | :01:18. | :01:22. | |
We said that all week. We would start well and we didn't. We need | :01:22. | :01:27. | |
to sort it out. That's Rob Howley's view. Let's get the point of views | :01:27. | :01:37. | |
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of our finalists. On our panel, Gwyn Jones, Phil Bennett and Martyn | :01:39. | :01:49. | |
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Gentlemen, a very good evening to you. | :02:09. | :02:14. | |
Great to have you back. Good man! We have one Irish fan in the crowd | :02:14. | :02:18. | |
today. It's great to see you. Always a pleasure to welcome you | :02:18. | :02:22. | |
back to the Scrum V Six Nations Special. Last time you were here, | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
Wales won, thanks to that controversial try by Phillips. You | :02:27. | :02:35. | |
guys are still moaning about it. Yes. Sweet revenge. I am happier | :02:35. | :02:40. | |
here this time. Phil - what are you taking out of that performance | :02:41. | :02:44. | |
yesterday? Are you looking at perhaps the second half stirring | :02:44. | :02:48. | |
fight back to give you hope for the rest of the Six Nations? Two things | :02:48. | :02:51. | |
came out of me - the character shown by the side in the second | :02:51. | :02:55. | |
half. It could have been humiliating. This could be 40-50 | :02:55. | :03:00. | |
points. They came back in again. They had possessions. They blew | :03:00. | :03:07. | |
some glorious chances. The fitness levels shown were incredible. These | :03:07. | :03:13. | |
boys may... Their fitness levels are magnificent. It is only great | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
Irish defence kept them out. That is a positive I will take them out | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
of it. All the audience know that. In the second half, great character. | :03:22. | :03:26. | |
Martin, you know these guys very well. First of all, any chance to | :03:26. | :03:31. | |
speak to them today? I spoke to one or two last night. Pretty short | :03:31. | :03:35. | |
conversations. They were not up for much banter or chat. They were | :03:35. | :03:39. | |
shell-shocked. We were the first half, thought they put the autumn | :03:39. | :03:43. | |
behind them. Had a good two week's preparation. They were honest. They | :03:43. | :03:49. | |
said the Irish blew them apart in the first 30-40 minutes. You know | :03:49. | :03:52. | |
and it left themselves an uphill task that they could not get back. | :03:52. | :03:59. | |
Good evening to you and it has just got tougher with Italy beating | :03:59. | :04:02. | |
France today. That was my emotion. I was surprised how the difference | :04:02. | :04:07. | |
between the two sides in so many aspects of the game and ultimately | :04:07. | :04:13. | |
it came down, in detail now, we turned over five times in attack in | :04:13. | :04:19. | |
the first half n the first 44 minutes they were 33 -3 up. However | :04:19. | :04:25. | |
encouraging it is, it is irrelevant. We didn't turn them over once in | :04:25. | :04:29. | |
attack in our half, when all the pressure always ended in points. | :04:29. | :04:32. | |
That the difference between the two sides. OK, let's show you the | :04:32. | :04:42. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds | :04:42. | :05:40. | |
Knock on by Wales. Ireland will are over for the opening try. | :05:40. | :05:50. | |
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They took their eye off zebzeb. going in on the side. | :06:21. | :06:25. | |
Somehow he missed it. But he knew the penalty was coming. It's | :06:25. | :06:35. | |
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Wales are very tightly grouped here. Not much width. | :06:49. | :06:59. | |
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Now, there's a bit more. charge-down has led to a second | :07:21. | :07:31. | |
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Irish try. Sexton. | :08:03. | :08:13. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds | :08:13. | :09:54. | |
The try has been awarded and it's Brian O'Driscoll back into | :09:54. | :09:58. | |
international rugby who scores try number 46. | :09:58. | :10:02. | |
There's no better man, not giing up there. | :10:02. | :10:06. | |
He's -- giving up there. He's got one thing on his mind. So quick | :10:06. | :10:16. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds | :10:16. | :11:16. | |
They'll want to take that quickly again. The referee stops everything. | :11:16. | :11:26. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds | :11:26. | :12:34. | |
and the Welsh players are saying, let's have a little look if we can, | :12:34. | :12:44. | |
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binned. Now, if that makes contact with a | :12:50. | :12:55. | |
pad, that's a try. It doesn't actually. That's a | :12:56. | :13:05. | |
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Romain Poite will go upstairs. Don't tell me Mitchell has come on | :13:41. | :13:48. | |
to score. To me, it looks like he's got it | :13:48. | :13:52. | |
down. You'd have to say it looks likely. That's it there. That's the | :13:52. | :13:59. | |
one. Try awarded. | :13:59. | :14:09. | |
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What's a -- what a game it's been. A breath-taking second half. The | :14:32. | :14:38. | |
Welsh came back in the second. Ireland hold out. Wales 22, Ireland | :14:38. | :14:48. | |
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There were a couple of unforced errors. You cannot give | :14:59. | :15:06. | |
international sides 20 odd points. We had the early try in the second | :15:06. | :15:12. | |
half and the character showed. I think we left about four tries out | :15:12. | :15:18. | |
there. In the first half, you cannot start international rugby | :15:18. | :15:25. | |
and give other sites that much territory. The boys were pumped up | :15:25. | :15:30. | |
in the changing-room. We wanted to explode into the first 20 minutes. | :15:30. | :15:34. | |
But they came out and played exceptionally well. They made it | :15:34. | :15:42. | |
very difficult for us. We try to make tackle after tackle. Wales | :15:42. | :15:51. | |
brought it to us and ask serious questions of us. The work-rate we | :15:51. | :15:58. | |
got through was unbelievable. team, it did not go particularly | :15:58. | :16:07. | |
well in the first half. Once we got a few faces together, we felt | :16:07. | :16:14. | |
comfortable on the ball. Some positives from the second half. But | :16:14. | :16:20. | |
overall, disappointment and frustration. We will never give up. | :16:20. | :16:28. | |
We have to pick ourselves up and get some wins now. Where did it all | :16:28. | :16:38. | |
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It was an exciting game to watch for the neutral. It was a game of | :16:38. | :16:44. | |
two halves. Statistics can be misleading at times. He would be | :16:44. | :16:48. | |
forgiven looking at the general statistics that Wales had won the | :16:48. | :16:53. | |
game. Wales dominated in these areas and the second half. But the | :16:53. | :16:58. | |
Irish team scored all of their 30 points in the first 44 minutes of | :16:58. | :17:03. | |
the game. In a pulsating game, the ball was in play for a long time | :17:03. | :17:06. | |
for that particular to the difference between the teams and | :17:06. | :17:11. | |
how long they had with the ball, Ireland only had the ball for just | :17:11. | :17:15. | |
over 12 minutes. It is not how long you have the ball but what you do | :17:15. | :17:20. | |
with it that counts. Tactically and technically the Irish team were | :17:20. | :17:27. | |
better on the day. When the Irish team carried the ball over the line, | :17:27. | :17:37. | |
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they got it back to present a quick Contrast this with Wales. They | :17:40. | :17:45. | |
squeeze the ball out, allowing them to cage the ball in for that they | :17:45. | :17:55. | |
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can slow it up. Many times, they turn the ball over. Here, a good | :17:58. | :18:03. | |
carry but events goes off his feet, he does not take out the threat and | :18:03. | :18:08. | |
when Justin Tipuric was to clean up, he is too late. It was the story of | :18:08. | :18:16. | |
the day. But who was leading? Where did the leadership come from? Ian | :18:16. | :18:20. | |
Evans decides to carry it up, he is too high and the support comes too | :18:20. | :18:28. | |
late. The chalk tackle has been well-documented. Three defenders | :18:28. | :18:33. | |
will come in and end the let the ball. They will keep it off the | :18:33. | :18:38. | |
floor. The referee has no question but to turn the ball over to the | :18:38. | :18:46. | |
opposition. This Irish team came in a confident mood. Wales were a | :18:46. | :18:52. | |
little bit predictable at times. Let us take a look at the line-outs. | :18:52. | :18:59. | |
When we got the ball into their half, there was Miss communication. | :18:59. | :19:03. | |
When we got into the killing zone, we lost possession. In the outside | :19:03. | :19:10. | |
channels, they were attacking errors. In contrast, Ireland became | :19:10. | :19:14. | |
smart and I queued at the line-out. They got it into the outside | :19:14. | :19:22. | |
channels. The change their delivery. When the master got it in his hands, | :19:23. | :19:31. | |
he showed his experience and deft talent. Wales came had in the | :19:31. | :19:37. | |
second half especially in the battle of the back rows. In terms | :19:37. | :19:43. | |
of yardage, they carried roughly the same. But the Irish carried | :19:43. | :19:53. | |
over the gain-line in in a less than Wales. When Justin Tipuric | :19:53. | :19:59. | |
came on, the game changed at slightly. Wales batted and batted | :19:59. | :20:06. | |
the Irish defence towards the end. Ireland had to make a tack -- | :20:06. | :20:10. | |
demanding 200 tackles. But was the result down to some great Irish | :20:10. | :20:20. | |
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defence or was it the predictable What do you think? There seemed to | :20:23. | :20:30. | |
be a lack of adventure. Then when you did go out wide, they were | :20:30. | :20:35. | |
loose passes. It was like Ace side that just were not familiar with | :20:35. | :20:45. | |
You guys had more try-scoring opportunities than we did. Every | :20:45. | :20:51. | |
opportunity we took, we got the score. So many times, a loose pass | :20:51. | :20:58. | |
at a turnover, we certainly went out wanting to slow you up. But we | :20:58. | :21:07. | |
had a good few turnovers. It was not a familiar Wales performance. | :21:07. | :21:12. | |
Ireland's performance reminded me of Ireland's performance when we | :21:12. | :21:21. | |
beat them in the World Cup. -- Ireland's performance reminded me | :21:21. | :21:31. | |
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of Wales when we beat the All -- them in the World Cup. We got held | :21:32. | :21:37. | |
up and turned over. The Rory Best and kier Healey were outstanding in | :21:37. | :21:44. | |
the tackle area. They were not breaking tackles but they got the | :21:44. | :21:48. | |
extra few metres past the initial impact which makes the ball quicker | :21:48. | :21:58. | |
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and easier. We say Wales are predictable. Everyone knew how | :21:59. | :22:08. | |
Wales would play last year but they could not stop us. We based the | :22:08. | :22:11. | |
game on a slamming ate up and tiring the other team down. If you | :22:11. | :22:15. | |
make mistakes in the contact area and if the other team are better | :22:15. | :22:18. | |
than you, you will lose the match and that is what happened. They | :22:18. | :22:26. | |
turned us over. Ireland at the team that to the chalk tackle better | :22:26. | :22:31. | |
than anyone. Mike Phillips is an upright runner. We have to play the | :22:31. | :22:38. | |
game down there. We are victims of Our own success really. We find it | :22:38. | :22:43. | |
difficult to go away from that. We expect the boys to run over the | :22:43. | :22:48. | |
Irish back line. But it was something like 35 minutes before | :22:48. | :22:57. | |
George North touch the ball. We did not have a Plan B. We blew three of | :22:57. | :23:05. | |
for a glorious chances. We take the contact. There were times yesterday | :23:05. | :23:09. | |
when we lacked leadership. Somebody said let us move it wide but we | :23:09. | :23:15. | |
went again into the contact area. Loose passes, Jonathan Davies is a | :23:15. | :23:24. | |
good player normally. You cannot let us go astray at that level. | :23:24. | :23:30. | |
adds up to a simple fact, you could not get anything going. If you have | :23:30. | :23:33. | |
a game plan which is still on the physical game, you have to back it | :23:33. | :23:38. | |
up. If everyone knows when this guy gets the ball he will not pass, I | :23:38. | :23:47. | |
do not need to go anywhere else, I just get ready for contact. | :23:47. | :23:52. | |
drove line-outs, but we do not drive them very well. We'd met as | :23:52. | :24:02. | |
well run at Sean O'Brien. We have two large centres. We just did not | :24:02. | :24:05. | |
expose the superiority that we are meant to have in the physical | :24:05. | :24:12. | |
contact in those areas. I would like to ask about selection. We | :24:12. | :24:22. | |
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know there have been many injuries. Is at Rob Harley in a difficult | :24:25. | :24:34. | |
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position? -- Rob Howley. He is a hostage in some regards to the | :24:38. | :24:42. | |
players available. He could have picked different players. But what | :24:42. | :24:46. | |
disappointed me was the lack of football in our three quarters | :24:46. | :24:51. | |
computer there's. They looked more creative and imaginative than ours. | :24:51. | :25:01. | |
Sometimes, they lack in basic skills. You could argue the game | :25:01. | :25:07. | |
had broken up but it did when Justin Tipuric came on he had a | :25:07. | :25:17. | |
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massive impact. He was going to get the ball in his hands much more. | :25:18. | :25:22. | |
With Dan Lydiate not being there, Justin and Sam could have played. | :25:22. | :25:28. | |
It was always going to be an open game with Ireland. They will always | :25:28. | :25:33. | |
throw the ball about. We could have played the ball yesterday. We have | :25:33. | :25:43. | |
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all been there. The referee starts giving a few 50 50s. Jonny Sexton | :25:46. | :25:56. | |
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played well. He had the great Brian O'Driscoll outside of them. When | :25:57. | :26:03. | |
the captaincy was taken off him which I think was a daft decision, | :26:03. | :26:09. | |
people are starting to write him off. He will decide when he is | :26:09. | :26:15. | |
written off and he showed that yesterday. A genius player. I am | :26:15. | :26:19. | |
glad you brought up leadership. Are or you worried they are not enough | :26:19. | :26:24. | |
leaders out there on the pitch? do not think there were NF leader's. | :26:25. | :26:31. | |
They need big people like Jamie Roberts to call the boys. It I do | :26:31. | :26:36. | |
not think we had enough experience players out there. It showed when | :26:36. | :26:41. | |
Ian Evans got the ball. Everybody is looking around. We lack generals | :26:41. | :26:48. | |
out there. Ireland have a lot of leaders. What is your view on some | :26:48. | :26:54. | |
of the calls? I think it was difficult. We have some quiet | :26:55. | :26:59. | |
individuals naturally. They would have to change personality to | :26:59. | :27:09. | |
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become more vocal. Leigh Halfpenny is similar. He is not a natural | :27:10. | :27:15. | |
loud and brash individual. It helps when more people talk. That is one | :27:16. | :27:23. | |
of the problems. We have lots of problems. A lot of the boys acquire | :27:23. | :27:32. | |
it. It is something they are looking at. They are still young. | :27:32. | :27:42. | |
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It was an issue yesterday. I think the crowd was shell-shocked. It is | :27:42. | :27:45. | |
difficult to and know what to say when you're stood behind the posts | :27:45. | :27:52. | |
and 20 odd points down. Things were said at half-time and it came out | :27:52. | :27:57. | |
and play better in the second half. The best sides have all the best | :27:57. | :28:07. | |
talkers. You can debate about selection but that still has no, a | :28:07. | :28:14. | |
coach cannot make a guy miss a tackle. Ireland have been | :28:14. | :28:19. | |
struggling for form for a long time. We just have not been able to get | :28:19. | :28:23. | |
consistency. But when the need to tackle, they tackled. Wales needed | :28:23. | :28:28. | |
to tackle in the first half, but they did not. What you are | :28:28. | :28:33. | |
suggesting is there are not enough Wales players who are playing well | :28:33. | :28:39. | |
at the moment and are devoid of confidence. You are on a bad run at | :28:39. | :28:44. | |
the moment. Regardless of how mentally tough you are, it has | :28:44. | :28:49. | |
chipped away at you. The first score was important yesterday. They | :28:49. | :28:57. | |
would have been a lot of demands in the Irish side if Wales had scored. | :28:57. | :29:01. | |
Because they scored the first try, we were up on the back foot. There | :29:01. | :29:11. | |
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was a huge momentum shift their. You cannot win Test matches like | :29:12. | :29:22. | |
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this. Let us get the reaction from Joining the is Gareth Llewellyn. Do | :29:22. | :29:28. | |
you agree that the Welsh game suffered from a lack of passing? | :29:28. | :29:34. | |
lot of people have talked about this for a number of years. I feel | :29:34. | :29:40. | |
sorry for people like Jamie Roberts. We are asking him to play in a | :29:40. | :29:46. | |
certain way and it will take its toll on him. Ireland and not the | :29:46. | :29:50. | |
biggest side in the world and we struggle against them to a certain | :29:50. | :29:55. | |
extent. England and France are bigger nations. We need to bring a | :29:55. | :30:05. | |
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I wouldn't mind seeing him back on his role in the blind side. | :30:19. | :30:24. | |
There'll be more on the back row. Barry John described it as | :30:24. | :30:29. | |
lacklustre. People on Twitter are going on about how awful it was. | :30:29. | :30:34. | |
Are people overreacting? Was thait bad? People look at the first half. | :30:34. | :30:39. | |
As the guys have alluded to now, the first Irish tries came from a | :30:39. | :30:42. | |
charge-down and two turn-overs. So we have to respect the ball more | :30:42. | :30:47. | |
than we are at the moment. We've talked about how fit we looked and | :30:47. | :30:51. | |
our work rate and what we did in the second half. Two years ago we | :30:51. | :30:55. | |
were telling everyone we were the fittest side on the planet. If Rob | :30:55. | :31:00. | |
Howley wants to start well, we have to back ourselves from the first | :31:00. | :31:04. | |
whistle, not when we are desperate and look after the ball. We will | :31:04. | :31:09. | |
hear from you later. Thank you very much. More action for you now and | :31:09. | :31:19. | |
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On Friday night Wales dominated the early play. It was Ireland who | :31:22. | :31:32. | |
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Sam Davis back in his normal In a tight finish Wales held on to | :32:03. | :32:07. | |
record their first win over Ireland since 2008. Wales were looking for | :32:07. | :32:11. | |
revenge after a heavy defeat last year, but Ireland opened the | :32:11. | :32:17. | |
scoring after 22 minutes. Spence finished off a good back | :32:17. | :32:27. | |
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move. Wales need a top finish to the match was tide 7-7. | :32:37. | :32:42. | |
There was a penalty after 64 minutes. A try broke Welsh hearts | :32:42. | :32:48. | |
with just five minutes left to play. Congratulations though to Wales's | :32:48. | :32:57. | |
sevens teams who came back from 21- 0 to beat Tonga. Every year during | :32:57. | :33:07. | |
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the Scrum V Specials we gave a D We have a reputation for adopting | :33:11. | :33:14. | |
teams. You will remember Bangor. We thought for this Six Nations it | :33:14. | :33:17. | |
would be a good idea to adopt a country. Now I have been assured | :33:17. | :33:24. | |
that all the names went into a hat and I have been allocated England. | :33:24. | :33:30. | |
So, let's see over the course of the next seven or eight weeks if we | :33:30. | :33:40. | |
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Two days ahead of a big game, they are going through their drills in | :33:41. | :33:45. | |
pretty much the same way as the Welsh boys would be. They are big, | :33:45. | :33:50. | |
fit, strong and look intense. The only difference I can spot is the | :33:50. | :34:00. | |
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How is it going? Will you have a chat with us? Might do. Good to see | :34:08. | :34:13. | |
you. Nice place this, isn't it? right, isn't it? We have players | :34:13. | :34:16. | |
who are going to fight for the shirt and put in committed | :34:16. | :34:20. | |
performances. It is what you can create... | :34:20. | :34:24. | |
I get the feeling he is confident of his team and happy in the | :34:24. | :34:30. | |
direction they are going. It's going to be interesting. I am a | :34:30. | :34:35. | |
lazy Welshman and you are allegedly an arrogant Englishman. Do you care | :34:35. | :34:39. | |
what people call you so long as you are scoring the tries and England | :34:39. | :34:46. | |
are winning? I am not too bothered at all. Wherever you go it is the | :34:46. | :34:49. | |
rugby hype, labels that get chucked on here and there that people tend | :34:49. | :34:54. | |
to believe and follow. When it boils down to it, when you meet | :34:54. | :34:58. | |
everyone they are genuine blokes just playing rugby. | :34:58. | :35:04. | |
We are looking to see what we can doen oh the field. That is it, the | :35:04. | :35:08. | |
column inches are done. The provocation, the sabre-rattling, it | :35:08. | :35:12. | |
is all over - it starts now, in about 20 minutes the game will kick | :35:12. | :35:22. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds | :35:22. | :37:03. | |
off. Let's see how Scrum V's -- debut. | :37:03. | :37:13. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds | :37:13. | :38:01. | |
England may get that try. Wide it final try. | :38:01. | :38:06. | |
England's victory is complete. So a comfortable win for England. | :38:06. | :38:12. | |
Were they arrogant? Who knows? They were certainly superior. How good | :38:12. | :38:16. | |
are they? I know a man even a Welshman will listen to. There was | :38:16. | :38:21. | |
always that fear that players could get too carried away. As we saw | :38:21. | :38:26. | |
today they didn't. They have stayed and remained grounded. A lot will | :38:26. | :38:32. | |
be done to Lancaster and his coaching team. There's been a | :38:32. | :38:37. | |
simplified game plan put together, which is now being developed into a | :38:37. | :38:46. | |
more of a -- attacking options. It will take time to develop that and | :38:46. | :38:54. | |
make sure every opportunity we D what have we learned about | :38:54. | :38:58. | |
England? We have seen their players in their natural habitat. They | :38:58. | :39:02. | |
actually see a good bunch of boys as well. We have met their coach, | :39:02. | :39:08. | |
he is grounded. He has a game plan the players have brought into. Are | :39:08. | :39:13. | |
we loving them? That may be too soon to say. They are certainly a | :39:13. | :39:23. | |
lot to admire. More from Mick and his new team here next year -- next | :39:23. | :39:27. | |
week. A big test for them because they've had four Autumn | :39:27. | :39:31. | |
Internationals, beaten Scotland, beaten the All Blacks. Are you | :39:31. | :39:41. | |
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quaking in your boots? No. APPLAUSE Ireland will have taken a massive | :39:44. | :39:50. | |
boost from the first half. From the second half, from the physical they | :39:50. | :39:55. | |
showed in the defence, this is the game to get up for. Everybody loves | :39:55. | :40:00. | |
beating England. It's why you play rugby. They are coming here. They | :40:00. | :40:05. | |
are very strong. The thing you have to do - it's more of the same. We | :40:05. | :40:08. | |
need to get into their faces and make them think maybe they are not | :40:08. | :40:13. | |
as good as they are. I think the one thing in their favour is | :40:13. | :40:17. | |
Lancaster, I think will keep them very settled. They love getting | :40:17. | :40:20. | |
carried away. When they are going well, they can be dangerous when | :40:20. | :40:24. | |
they get their confidence up. Lancaster will nicely stoke that | :40:24. | :40:34. | |
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fire. Y e, -- yes, be weary. Good luck. Thank you very much indeed. | :40:35. | :40:39. | |
More Six Nations action for you now and the most stunning result of the | :40:39. | :40:49. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 58 seconds | :40:49. | :42:25. | |
French slowing it right up. through. | :42:25. | :42:31. | |
A good dig. It's an excellent dig. Good decision. Slow ball, take the | :42:32. | :42:41. | |
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table looks tonight after the first Sunday. A brilliant result for | :43:16. | :43:21. | |
Italy. That means there could be a wounded animal in France waiting | :43:21. | :43:31. | |
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Well I am not sure Italy did Wales any favours today in beating the | :43:33. | :43:43. | |
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French. There are some obvious threats the French have. | :43:47. | :43:51. | |
What Italy were good at were identifying miss matches. | :43:51. | :43:56. | |
Close to the line we need to take our chances next week. In terms of | :43:56. | :44:02. | |
selection, I would like to see Owens or Hibbet coming to play from | :44:02. | :44:12. | |
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the start. Why not the -- have Adam Jones to bring some solidity to the | :44:15. | :44:25. | |
You are going to France and they will play a huge driving game. You | :44:25. | :44:30. | |
could end up with two sevens. It makes it difficult. We don't have | :44:30. | :44:34. | |
to worry about them. We have to worry about ourselves. We play | :44:34. | :44:40. | |
better with Justin on the pitch. Rob Howley able to make any | :44:40. | :44:47. | |
chances? He has some options. I think there is skill and invention | :44:47. | :44:53. | |
in the team. Who will play seven and six then? | :44:53. | :44:56. | |
These are questions for the future. That is the difference. They will | :44:56. | :45:00. | |
be fit soon. Then there's a headache for us. At the moment I | :45:01. | :45:10. | |
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think you start with six. Do we look at the James Hook coming | :45:15. | :45:24. | |
in? Dan Biggar did not play his best game in the first half. If we | :45:24. | :45:34. | |
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play James Hook, I have not seen enough of him playing for Perpignan. | :45:38. | :45:45. | |
We have to make decisions. Warren Gatland said that with her Rhys | :45:45. | :45:55. | |
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Priestland. He backed him up and it paid off. They gave Dan Biggar 70 | :45:56. | :46:02. | |
plus minutes. They may give him the opportunity to gain gain time. Are | :46:02. | :46:06. | |
they giving him as much time as possible to establish him at Number | :46:06. | :46:15. | |
10? He found it very difficult in the first half. Giving him gain | :46:15. | :46:20. | |
time in the second half, he improved. James Hook is a world- | :46:20. | :46:25. | |
class player. We have not seen enough of him. You have to rely on | :46:25. | :46:35. | |
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the coaches. They know what type of game they want to play. If you want | :46:36. | :46:45. | |
a fast game, then James Hook may be your man. Some of Our World class | :46:45. | :46:51. | |
players may think their places are in jeopardy this weekend. Following | :46:51. | :46:57. | |
defeats, you will always be a nervous. They will tinker a little | :46:57. | :47:02. | |
bit and bring in a few players. They will give players a -- time to | :47:02. | :47:10. | |
bed in as well. Yesterday, the first half was very difficult for | :47:10. | :47:19. | |
Dan Biggar. I expect them to keep him. We were all speaking last week | :47:19. | :47:25. | |
and saying that the back line almost pick the self. We are only | :47:25. | :47:28. | |
one game into the campaign. They know they are good players. They | :47:28. | :47:35. | |
just need to start better next week. It is great that you are here. We | :47:35. | :47:45. | |
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Williams. That is some start to the second half for Wales. It is a | :47:55. | :48:01. | |
penalty again for Wales. Breathless and magnificent. They are still | :48:01. | :48:06. | |
going. Are they have taken it quickly and they are there. Martyn | :48:06. | :48:16. | |
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I had hair there. It brings back some good memories. But as a | :48:25. | :48:31. | |
different back story to this Wales team. You had a couple of good wins | :48:31. | :48:36. | |
and he went to Paris feeling confident. This is different. | :48:36. | :48:45. | |
Confidence is shot to bits. It is totally different circumstances. We | :48:45. | :48:51. | |
were written off than as well. We had not won in Paris for a while. | :48:51. | :48:58. | |
That result today has not done us any favours. They were not balanced | :48:58. | :49:06. | |
today. Come next week they will put it right. It is difficult. New | :49:06. | :49:11. | |
Zealand is the ideal game, no expectation. It ribby the same next | :49:11. | :49:15. | |
week in Paris. Or for some reason we play well against the French and | :49:15. | :49:18. | |
we have done in a recent times. It is a daunting place but why not | :49:18. | :49:28. | |
give it a crack. Earlier on, the panel were talking about defence. | :49:28. | :49:36. | |
have never been a believer in the Blitz philosophy. Wynne-Jones | :49:36. | :49:42. | |
brought up a statistic saying we had conceded so many points in 40 | :49:42. | :49:50. | |
minutes. We lost to Australia in the autumn because we blitzed at | :49:50. | :49:53. | |
the wrong time. If we had not lit in the last minute of the game, we | :49:53. | :49:59. | |
would not have lost the match. The teams that we aspire to beat do not | :49:59. | :50:03. | |
have Blitz. We have to be careful put up the big highlights you get | :50:03. | :50:07. | |
with the Blitz defence, such as Jonathan Davies coming in and | :50:07. | :50:11. | |
making it a collision. They overshadow the deficiencies of it | :50:11. | :50:21. | |
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sometimes. Will Carling sent a message. He said Wales need to pick | :50:22. | :50:29. | |
players who are on form, not a World Cup form. You could argue for | :50:30. | :50:34. | |
it James Hook. But the winners are in place for the style you want to | :50:34. | :50:40. | |
play. The selection between Justin Tipuric and Sam Warburton is a | :50:40. | :50:45. | |
difficult one. Justin Tipuric is always on the front foot. Sam | :50:45. | :50:48. | |
Warburton is playing for the Cardiff Blues who are struggling at | :50:48. | :50:52. | |
the moment. It is difficult to make a fair comparison. Pack your for | :50:52. | :51:02. | |
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joining us tonight. -- thank you Each week we will be looking at | :51:05. | :51:11. | |
selection for the British and Irish Lions. This week, Phil Bennett has | :51:11. | :51:21. | |
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stepped up to the plate. Will there Welcome to the lion's den. Last | :51:22. | :51:29. | |
week's team was picked by Jeremy Guscott. Dan Lydiate made it | :51:29. | :51:37. | |
despite not being fit yet. Sam Warburton may be missing. We have | :51:37. | :51:42. | |
seen him make brilliant tackles for that we need to see more of that. | :51:42. | :51:52. | |
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This week's selector is Phil The Federal picks itself. -- the | :52:25. | :52:35. | |
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There we are, seven Irish, for Welsh and for English. The | :52:52. | :53:02. | |
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captaincy looks to be between Jamie It is a good team. The when talking | :53:07. | :53:12. | |
point is Mike Phillips. Many Sunday newspapers say he did not play very | :53:12. | :53:22. | |
well. I am terrified of the block. I looked at Ben Youngs yesterday, | :53:22. | :53:26. | |
but I can remember Mike Phillips in South Africa and he was making a | :53:26. | :53:36. | |
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visit. We need someone like him. He is not playing well but a lot of | :53:36. | :53:42. | |
players I did not pick their are not match-fit. I based on the games | :53:42. | :53:47. | |
I saw yesterday. That was my selection. But Mike Phillips gets | :53:47. | :53:55. | |
in every time. I would go back to Brian O'Driscoll. I know I feel was | :53:55. | :54:04. | |
a if he is fit and he should captain the British and Irish Lions. | :54:04. | :54:08. | |
He was cruelly put out in the first Test last time. I would love to see | :54:08. | :54:13. | |
him have a crack at the Six Nations and go on the British and Irish | :54:13. | :54:20. | |
Lions and then retire. What he does to his body, he will not be able to | :54:20. | :54:24. | |
walk when he is 40. The scale is still there. Everybody a response | :54:24. | :54:31. | |
to what he does. He is still spiritually the captain of the | :54:31. | :54:41. | |
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Irish team. He is one of player every fan loves to watch. Perhaps | :54:42. | :54:51. | |
you could say this is the biggest week of Rob Howley's career. | :54:51. | :54:57. | |
Whoever lost that game, the coach would be under the microscope. | :54:57. | :55:03. | |
There is lots of pressure after the first home game. There are some big | :55:03. | :55:09. | |
selection issues. Strangely enough, I feel confident the boys can do | :55:09. | :55:16. | |
well in Paris next week. I do feel sorry for him. He has picked the | :55:16. | :55:22. | |
wrong season to be in charge. I do not think much has changed. We are | :55:22. | :55:28. | |
just not playing that well. He was under a lot of pressure. The we may | :55:28. | :55:37. | |
play well in Paris, and then we go to Rome. It just gets harder and | :55:37. | :55:41. | |
harder. That is the Six Nations for you. It is the best competition in | :55:41. | :55:48. | |
the world. We have nothing to lose. Nobody will give us a chance. If we | :55:48. | :55:53. | |
play to Our best ability and cut out the errors and play basic rugby | :55:53. | :56:00. | |
football, we can shock the French. I think the French were still think | :56:00. | :56:03. | |
they will be able to turn up and roll over a Welsh side that is | :56:03. | :56:13. | |
lacking in confidence. If Wales go there and do what they can do... | :56:13. | :56:19. | |
Ladies and gentlemen, please show your appreciation to the panel | :56:19. | :56:24. | |
members. Wales were beaten by Ireland and it is France next. From | :56:24. | :56:34. | |
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Make every second count. If it does not hurt, you do not feel it. And | :56:47. | :56:54. |