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Don't stop me now, Queen. Celebrate, called the gang.

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Don't stop me now. Having a ball. If you want to have a good time, give

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me a call! I don't want to stop at all. APPLAUSE

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Hello and good evening, welcome to scrum V Six Nations special. That us

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get the party started with a heavyweight panel, Jonathan Davies

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is here. Martyn Williams. And the main man himself, Mr Shane Williams.

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We are also delighted to welcome our friends from Italy, the Italians are

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in the house. A very good friend of the show, Mr Roche. Wales's women

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are here this evening. But our special guest this evening, give it

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up for the Grand Slam champion Wales under 20s. Great to see you boys, we

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will talk to you shortly but only one place to start, the principality

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stadium and Wales looking for an improvement on Twickenham. Wales

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were going for their 10th consecutive win over Italy and with

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captain Sam sidelined, Dan Lydiate was leading that his nation for the

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first time. Rhys Webb and Justin Tipuric work playing, and Amos

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returned from injury for his championship debut. With 17 players

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out injured, the Italians had to make five unforced changes. Parisi's

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team had never won in Cardiff. COMMENTATOR: Wales trying to get

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through. Wales pouring up to the 22. The little push from Dan Biggar. He

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gets in ahead of his opposite number, Williams. They have got to

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be offside. A clever kick, to the naked eye, they overran it. How the

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assistant referee has not seen that, it should be a penalty to Italy.

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Rhys Webb has it, and he goes for the line himself and scores. Wales

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have a try. Wales, still on the attack. A little 1-2, Wales have

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their second try, Dan Biggar. Now, a chance for Wales now as Jonathan

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Davies, thou going up the wink in it goes to Dan Biggar, and Parisse

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tries to get him but Evans will score.

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Charteris, Davies comes in. It goes wide, Williams in their, George

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North slips it away and Roberts will score in the corner, eventually it

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came, a patient build-up from Wales and Jamie Roberts scores at the

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start of the second half. Charteris lays it back, it goes straight

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through, George North, George North all the way, what a try from George

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North. He does it again, four games in a row in the Six Nations. Nice

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little pass inside and a great run from Sato, to his younger brother,

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and the lay-off is not quite therefore Geldenhuys, great break by

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Italy. A lovely inside ball, I do like Sato, he is a deceptive runner,

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plenty of supporting players, a missed opportunity. Defeat beginning

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to move, moving towards that line. It may come, Garcia comes in as well

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and the try is therefore Italy. Wales into the 22, Dan Biggar.

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Roberts, wide to Davies, Williams, Lee Williams with a try. Wales score

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again, Liam Williams with a fine finish. A chance once more for

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Italy. Garcia for a try, Italy will have another, a beautiful off-load

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and in Italy have a second try. Wales begin the March. Great play

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and try, it comes to Ross Moriarty. He is the man who gets over for

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another try for Wales as they move past 50. Away they go and it will be

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a try, it has to be a second try from REIT. -- Moriarty. He is never

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going to get there. Anscombe has support, carried by Lydiate, Dan

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Biggar, surely. Davies for the try and what age I to finish with. --

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what a try. APPLAUSE The crowd in Cardiff loved it, the

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studio loved it, what did the Welsh coach and players make of it? We

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owed it to the fans this week, still conceded some soft tries but they

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played their heart out, I could not ask for more from the squad. It is

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difficult to play matches when we lose by 50 points, sometimes we did

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good things, we scored a couple of tries but too many mistakes on

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defence. They put us under pressure, well played Wales. We showed what we

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can do and what we need to do, we deserve that for our hard work this

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week. We want to play the way we have been playing, that doesn't

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happen overnight, it takes some games to put that together, we have

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created chances but have not always been 100% accurate. We had a couple

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of passes going in behind but now we are trying to change things and

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change things up, play a bit differently and put the forwards in

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the channels and getting that combination of communication takes

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time. They are an impatient lot and you want things to happen instantly

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but today was good. You have to turn up every game, we have to make sure

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we are in the right place, and today showed that we can be a good team.

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Plenty to talk about as well as yesterday's game, we will also talk

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about the tournament in general, a record win, nine tries and virtually

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the perfect response after Twickenham. Virtually no win, they

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would have expected to score 50 points against Italy, so I thought

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they had patients, I didn't understand going for the penalty at

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one stage when they were 10-0 up or something but apart from that, they

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asked a lot of questions. They showed what they can do, Gatland is

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on about my patients, I think they are a great bunch of players and

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they are competitive on the world stage. The thing is, we think they

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can play a better style as well and can adapt. It shows what they can do

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with the execution sometimes on the passing was a bit awry but it was

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easy on the high. Was the overriding emotion going to principality

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stadium one of thinking what might have been if they had won against

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England and then you would be playing a poor Italy side to win the

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title? A little bit, you cannot underestimate how big the challenge

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is to win at Twickenham, we started poorly in that game. Wales will be

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frustrated and tomorrow, they will look, their first game against an

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injury ravaged game against Ireland and did not turn up for the first 30

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minutes and last week again. I don't think they will necessarily beaten

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by a better team's, this is the most talented group we have had in years

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for Wales. The talent we have got is amazing, they will be as frustrated

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as everyone else. The national paper said yesterday, for the love of

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rugby, please play. Nothing to lose really. Italy have been quite poor

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in this Six Nations, conceding a lot of points, everyone complained last

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week that Wales had not scored many tries and it was a chance to move

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the ball around and use their strike runners and play differently. What

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they did differently, rather than sending Jamie Roberts up the middle

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all the time, they attacked behind him, they used him as a distributor

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and it created gaps and holes for George North, Williams, and at times

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they played some fantastic rugby and showed everybody what they can do

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when they get clean ball and go forward. We will talk about Italy

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later in the programme but Wales, it is a sign of how far we have come as

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a rugby nation when the audience in the studio and the crowd yesterday

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were disappointed that we finished second? It is a tournament a lot of

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fans in Wales think they should win. A team with so many superstars

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combining, it is hard to understand why a 40 minutes of rugby had such

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an impact on who wins it but the different style of attack, aerial

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bombardment. That passing before contact and the elusiveness before

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contact makes it difficult when you have do defend it. So many variables

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happen when there is contact, the off-load can be forced, if you take

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that away, everyone plays with width and it puts more stress on a tired

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defence and that is when you get 30 points scored so quickly. You picked

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up an example. Two a good kicking game and a fantastic defence, rather

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than running as far as can into contact and then pass, we were

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passing before we made contact. I know the Italians made it pretty

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easy in defence, it is great to see what the back line can do, not just

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using them as battering rams to get over the line. Getting a second

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touch on the ball, we harp on about the Kiwis and Australians but that

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is what they do, they don't run as far as

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is what they do, they don't run as dictating whether ball goes from the

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first play and it has to be from wider, the full-back and the centre

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need to communicate and get the ball in because although we won by 60

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points, there were opportunities that were easy try scoring

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opportunities. They scored from their own half yesterday, they could

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have won by a lot more by just being their own half yesterday, they could

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something they need to develop. A tweet from Mike Phillips praising

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mariachi and how he celebrated his drive. Really impressed with him, he

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has a real edge about him. It carries really well. I think we were

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40 or 50 points up at the time. The way he celebrates his first try, a

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dream come true for him. Wales are blessed in the back row, no sam

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yesterday, Sam Warburton, another went off injured, Ross Moriarty has

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taken his opportunity. Warren Gatland singled him out for praise,

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when he does that it is no mean feat. It is another one to add into

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the mix. Hopefully he can get an opportunity in New Zealand. Alan

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Amos, we scored 60 points and the ball didn't go to him. I did feel

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for him because you could see him waiting for one but the ball didn't

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go his way. What did you think of Moriarty? It is awful when you have

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another back with a low centre of gravity, he has subtle touches, not

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just a battering ram, he has the hard work as well and tight phases.

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Another option coming out the back and you were looking for Justin

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Tipuric and others, and then you have do worry about Ross Moriarty as

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well, you have someone who will fight for the jersey as well. Update

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you on Justin Tipuric, he's bent the night in hospital with a bang on the

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head, someone else with a headache yesterday was the touch judge. You

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may have seen this, this has become an Internet sensation. This is what

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happened. There he goes. How did he miss that?

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He missed the offside for the kick first of all, that explains it a bit

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to be honest. Let us talk about Italy, Carlow, we have some Italian

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fans in the crowd here today, fair play, they have come out here today.

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They have come out today and they have all been saying how

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disappointed they were yesterday, Italy were dreadful and awful

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yesterday. Thanks. It breaks my heart, to hear so many people say

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that Italy was so poor and White were they poor? You can make all the

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excuses you want to, Wales were brilliant at times, not a lot of

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teams would have been able to stop what they produced but you look at

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the injury list, and there is massive pressure to field a team,

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that not a lot of them even have any European experience, there is a guy

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who plays in the international -- the Italian league, the full-back,

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he was contributing well at the same time but, the one was a tip thing,

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if you bleed so many youngsters by force, all of a sudden when the

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physio room is empty and they get their jerseys back, Italy have a

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wider pool of players to choose from. That have been led rather than

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just fed information and can come in. If there is one positive thing,

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it would be the extra experience for those players. There is a

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suggestion, about relegation, that the team finish bottom of the Six

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Nations, Italy, would face a play-off against a team like

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Georgia, who beat Romania yesterday, they finished top of the so-called

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European Nations cup but is that disrespectful to Italy? It is not

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just Italy, whoever finishes bottom should face the top of the year --

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the teams below, Georgia yesterday had 55,000 people watching them beat

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Romania, they are serious contenders. You cannot just keep

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them down. You look what happened with Argentina, they started in

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Super Rugby and now a team in the Super 15 and the Rugby Championship,

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they are developing. Italy should say, Parisse looked really off

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yesterday, as if he had had enough. If we are to stay there, they have

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to play Georgia on a home and away basis and if you play well and not,

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maybe it would be better to go back and develop players and then come

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back again the following year. Rather than lose by 50 or 60 points.

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It was tough on Italy with a lot of injuries but whoever finishes often.

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I used Italy as an example, it adds jeopardy to the end of the season

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and you don't have heard robbers, it could be Wales. Georgia showed they

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are a force in the World Cup, Italy would be stronger over two legs but

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it is worth looking at definitely. You could have seven nations and

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invite Georgia in. We talk about the level two sides, the only way they

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compete against the best teams in the world is to play against them on

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a regular basis. Not just every four years when the World Cup comes

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around. Georgia proved they are a force to be reckoned with and have

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gone above Italy in the world rankings, why not? It is something

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that could come in and if you don't play well in the Six Nations, you go

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down to the second competition and it is an incentive to play well in

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the Six Nations. If the tournament was not expanded from five to six, I

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would not be sitting here now, it cannot just be a monopoly, even

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though my first reaction is super protective. Sergio was annoyed when

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it came up in the news conference. I am not surprised, Italy have beaten

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everybody except England. But you take a step back and the wider

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picture, they have a two year system and Georgia have won it nine times

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in a row. Logistically, it makes sense, if it can be possible, every

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two years that the rotation can be put in place. Then it can fast track

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the development system that is needed to make better decisions. Let

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us look at the final Six Nations table. England are Grand Slam

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champions, congratulations to Eddie Jones and his team, a remarkable

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recovery after World Cup failure. How good were England for you? Allen

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good, no doubt about that, they were the best team in the competition,

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they performed consistently well and had a tough game in Scotland at

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Murrayfield. After winning that and how they won it, I backed them to

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get through. It was quite frightening when you look at the

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players they have two come in, Henry Slade, Tuilagi could come back fit,

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the number eight will be available in the summer. It was not rocket

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science how they played but they had clarity. Eddie Jones did what he

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does, getting the best of his resources and the resources England

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have, it is frightening for the rest of the Northern hemisphere. A

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fascinating listening on the radio, saying that this team will mature

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and in three or four years they will be a force to be reckoned with, can

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you see a World Cup winning side? Yes you can, the strength in depth

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is there. They are not going to be in Italy's position, they are a

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strong side. It was not a poor tournament, Wales one of the best in

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the world, Ireland have dipped a bit because of injuries but England did

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what they had to do and did it well. I was impressed with what they did,

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very simple and slow all, they kicked it all be forward took it up

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and the quick ball and the forward took it, they scored a lot of tries

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and looked dangerous. They looked confident. In the World Cup they

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were edgy and nervous and we felt we had a chance of beating them and

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that is what happened. Eddie Jones just oozes confidence, he says the

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right things, go and have a beer and chill out and it is about what you

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do on the field, it is about your game and leave him to do everything

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else. Just behave yourself and play. I think they deservedly won it and

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they will go from strength to strength. The Jo Marler issue has

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made the papers again, a respected writer in the Sunday Times, he

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doesn't think that Jo Marler, who admitted racial abuse, that he

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should have been nowhere near a sports arena? At the end of the day,

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he has admitted he has said something racial to Sam and it is

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almost as if that is it. It is a serious matter and you can see his

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point. How far it will go and what Stephen Jones really wants out of

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this I am not sure. The problem you have is that no one really knew what

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that meant at the time. Then everyone jumped on the bandwagon.

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The Six Nations should have jumped on it straightaway and made a

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decision. Banned or not banned and then announce it on Sunday morning

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but it has dragged on and rugby, has been dragged through it and the

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world game have come in and they will ban him. The problem is the

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governing body, world rugby, looking at if the Six Nations committee have

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investigated the investigation properly. The rugby union doesn't

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know what is going on. The common-sense thing is to ban him for

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the last game and draw a line and move on, no one has come out of this

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with any credit in my mind. It is a shame it is dragging on. Whether

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they retrospectively ban him, I think they will but the damage has

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been done. A lot of players in the Six Nations have stepped up to the

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mark, these are the views. Not the classic Six Nations we may have been

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expecting but I have looked at some of the individual players that some

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of the coaches may feel they cannot live without. Scottish Centre Duncan

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Taylor has shown he can play 12 or 13. He has a presence of mind and an

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uncanny ability to score tries. They rangy individual and deceptively

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quick. He has been Scotland's top ball-carrier in three of the four

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games he has played in the Six Nations this year. He is a solid

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defender as well and in Taylor, Scotland have a centre that can

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affect the game at either end of the field. Ireland stand-off CJ stander

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had the most carries by a Six Nations were beaten. He has proved

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to be a crucial player and he has leadership qualities. But he has

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also shown deft skills and touches around the field and the links well

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with the likes of Johnny Sexton. Add to that a vital line-out presence

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and it makes him one for Ireland's future. Centre Michel Campagnaro has

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been the one shining light in Italy's Six Nations, he has carried

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the ball more than any other Italian player. Italy sorely missed him

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against Wales yesterday. He has the ability to get Italy back on the

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front foot when they are in trouble. He is a particularly aggressive

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defender with a solid tackle technique. He is renowned as one of

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the most difficult players to defend and he makes it look easy. As a

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hooker, the French captain, not only does the set piece basics well but

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also adds value to the team around the field. Whether it be in the

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wider channels as he did against Scotland, scoring his try or in the"

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is as he often did against Wales in Cardiff. He has also been used as a

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wrecking ball flanker, when it needs to get tight, the captain can do the

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job to get over the line. Lock George Cruise is the glue that keeps

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England together, the Saracens man as a big tackle count and a huge

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work rate, he rarely misses a tackle, especially under the sticks.

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Is early try against Scotland proved decisive for the Grand Slam

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champions, 50% of England's line-outs were thrown to him and

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that with what he showed against France yesterday, it bodes well for

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England's future. I have really seen an improvement in

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George North. We all know George can be defenders for fun but on things

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like this from kick-off, how he really drives his legs a second

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effort to get Wales out of trouble. Tracking back from defence, crucial

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in defensive aspects for his team. And also his spatial awareness

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behind. This is a difficult skill for a winger and downy tramlines in

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the five metre channel, a difficult kick that George North does with

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aplomb. And improved player yes, there is more to gorgeous George

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than meets the eye. Jonathan and Martin have selected

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their British Lions side already and it is available on the Twitter feed

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and Facebook. Wales are run New Zealand this summer. We have asked

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Xavier Rush to be asked are at the bar this evening. What is the New

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Zealand perspective of this 6-nations we have just had? It was a

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little bit of a let down after the excitement of the World Cup and the

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rugby we saw throughout the Rugby World Cup. It was a tad lower than

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that but after 2011 World Cup, Wales have a lot of respect down under and

:31:30.:31:34.

especially in New Zealand. It is a sign of how far we have come that we

:31:35.:31:37.

are really disappointed to be runners-up. I was thinking that

:31:38.:31:42.

earlier today. We are now going to places like Twickenham and expecting

:31:43.:31:46.

to win. It shows how far Welsh rugby has come. Our New Zealand quaking in

:31:47.:31:50.

their boots at the thought of taking on Wales? It is the best time Wales

:31:51.:31:57.

will have had to face the All Blacks for some time. They are rebuilding.

:31:58.:32:02.

We have had the retirement of some fantastic All Blacks. Wales are

:32:03.:32:08.

getting them at a great time. But there are 12 or 13 other World Cup

:32:09.:32:15.

winners to deal with. They will have problems but it is better than with

:32:16.:32:20.

those players better. At the time of year, June, the middle of winter,

:32:21.:32:23.

their game at the moment were actually suit the time of year. It

:32:24.:32:27.

will be night rugby again. I would like to see Wales being a bit more

:32:28.:32:31.

unstructured. They are like to see Wales being a bit more

:32:32.:32:35.

when it goes from set piece to set piece but what you see from teams in

:32:36.:32:37.

the southern hemisphere, piece but what you see from teams in

:32:38.:32:43.

attack from any little break any little turnover.

:32:44.:32:55.

defence, they will be a hard team to stop. I enjoyed watching Jamie

:32:56.:33:04.

Roberts and George North hit holes, inside and outside defenders

:33:05.:33:07.

simultaneously. That is so hard to defend. It is almost unstoppable.

:33:08.:33:14.

They will always get over the gain line. It is always a very simple

:33:15.:33:19.

move. It sounds to me like Wales might win a test

:33:20.:34:49.

The crowd have seen something. Something in the back area, years

:34:50.:35:20.

getting up. Jones does well. Under pressure. Italy fancy the turnover

:35:21.:35:28.

but overeager. And Wales can just steady themselves. I think he might

:35:29.:35:33.

see yellow. Not what Italy needed and he will

:35:34.:35:50.

spend ten minutes in the sin-bin. Here we go. As predicted. Evans at

:35:51.:35:56.

the back. In the backs as well. Watkin is there, Thomas is there.

:35:57.:36:03.

Italy have stood their ground so far but Evans just needs a Smith of that

:36:04.:36:15.

line and he is over. Smith, it is Milan. Half a gap. Cannot quite get

:36:16.:36:22.

away can Giles. Again Wales on the front foot, excellent pass,

:36:23.:36:25.

Williams. Great play from Wales. Try number three. Just short. Smith

:36:26.:36:42.

again, how did tops again. Fawcett in support. Smith once more. They

:36:43.:36:44.

have got numbers if they can move it. Smith again. They have options

:36:45.:36:58.

this side. Desperate to cross, they cross. Murphy is there. And the

:36:59.:37:05.

referee awards the try. It crams it to Wales. It is Harrison Keddie, man

:37:06.:37:10.

of the match last week, scores for Wales, the Grand Slam is on its way

:37:11.:37:17.

to Colwyn Bay. We said from the start we are confident in our

:37:18.:37:21.

ability but as a team, we have enjoyed and pushed ourselves to be

:37:22.:37:24.

really humble Madoff the field. Within ourselves, we knew what we

:37:25.:37:28.

were capable of. I could not been prouder.

:37:29.:37:48.

So with Wales having secured their first ever Grand Slam at this level,

:37:49.:37:55.

they will head off to Manchester in June for the Junior world champions

:37:56.:37:56.

as 6-nations titleholders. It really is a great achievement.

:37:57.:38:12.

Jason, the coach, is here, alongside Harrison. You must be so proud.

:38:13.:38:16.

Extremely pleased. The tournament could not have gone any better. Full

:38:17.:38:21.

credit to the players and the other cultures, Geraint Lewis, Richard

:38:22.:38:24.

Hodges and Chris Horseman. They did a fantastic job with the players.

:38:25.:38:29.

They happen superb on and off the field. We keep hearing about this

:38:30.:38:37.

amazing team spirit. Yes, it is something we have placed huge

:38:38.:38:40.

significance on throughout the tournament and we have shown it on

:38:41.:38:43.

the field. They are really close and that will only get stronger until we

:38:44.:38:51.

reach the World Cup. They are a great group. It is a pleasure to be

:38:52.:38:56.

a part of it. Harris and we will have a look at your try. How does it

:38:57.:39:01.

feel to be a Grand Slam champion? A bit surreal. It has not quite sunk

:39:02.:39:10.

in. There is the ball. That ball has not been seen, by the way. This team

:39:11.:39:16.

spirit you have got any side is just amazing. When did you realise the

:39:17.:39:21.

Grand Slam was on? Did you think halfway through the championship, we

:39:22.:39:25.

can do this? We have always believed in what we can do and that team

:39:26.:39:32.

spirit God is the end. Jason, the adjusting for you now is, do you sit

:39:33.:39:37.

down with Warren Gatland over the next couple of months, there is a

:39:38.:39:39.

suggestion that some of these boys I'd go on the tour to New Zealand?

:39:40.:39:44.

Or do you want to keep them for the Junior World Cup? We have a lot of

:39:45.:39:51.

dialogue with the national cultures. They have all been superbly last

:39:52.:39:54.

couple of months. And that decision will be left to those cultures. What

:39:55.:39:59.

is important to us is when they leave the 20s, we have done all we

:40:00.:40:06.

can to develop those players but we are in a strong position and

:40:07.:40:09.

hopefully they will go on to bigger and better things in the future. You

:40:10.:40:13.

have made our country very proud. The under 20s, Grand Slam champions.

:40:14.:40:18.

Well done. Very proud of you. Let's catch up now then with Wales' women.

:40:19.:40:29.

Wales' women's main aim during this campaign was to ensure litigation

:40:30.:40:35.

for next year 's World Cup in Ireland and that was achieved

:40:36.:40:38.

earlier on in the tournament. At which two wins and two defeats so

:40:39.:40:42.

far, the side were determined to end with a victory against Italy at the

:40:43.:40:47.

Talbot athletic ground in Aberavon. Wales started brightly but it was

:40:48.:40:53.

the Italians who opened the scoring. The Welsh defence has been strong in

:40:54.:40:56.

previous weeks but today it was in a muddle. The second try was

:40:57.:41:05.

completely against the run of play. Wales spilled the ball inside the

:41:06.:41:10.

Italian 22, which fell nicely again for Italy. The number ten running 80

:41:11.:41:15.

metres to cross for a second try. With Italy down to 14, Wales took

:41:16.:41:21.

advantage. Determined work by the forwards but it was Italy who took a

:41:22.:41:26.

13-5 lead going into the break. It was same again from Wales in the

:41:27.:41:32.

second half with Harris scoring her second try. Things took a turn for

:41:33.:41:36.

the worse as Charis Phillips was stretchered off with a suspected

:41:37.:41:39.

broken leg. Wales were unable to turn possession into points and a

:41:40.:41:43.

second penalty saw the Italians hold. France claimed the

:41:44.:41:48.

championship after denying England the Grand Slam. Wales finished

:41:49.:41:52.

fourth ahead of the Italians on points difference.

:41:53.:41:58.

A pretty disappointing campaign. I suppose you started off pretty well

:41:59.:42:04.

and you had a chance to build on that success but it did not really

:42:05.:42:10.

work for you. We had a couple of really good games against Scotland

:42:11.:42:15.

and France. No one can argue that our defensive performance against

:42:16.:42:18.

France was the best we have ever put in but unfortunately then the two

:42:19.:42:22.

games following that were both disappointing. I think as a squad we

:42:23.:42:26.

know that we did not start the game out of the blocks. It took as the

:42:27.:42:29.

first 40 minutes, which anybody knows you cannot lay an

:42:30.:42:34.

international rugby game and expect to win it in 40 minutes. You had a

:42:35.:42:39.

couple of chances but lacking those clinical edge. Yes, both our tries

:42:40.:42:51.

were scored from our forwards. It is now the tiny little skills with the

:42:52.:42:54.

backs to make sure we're getting those finishes out wide. We hear

:42:55.:43:03.

that Carys Phillips has broken her leg. We hope that is not the case

:43:04.:43:08.

because she is a pivotal part of our pack. I am sure that she will have a

:43:09.:43:15.

speedy recovery and we will get her back soon. What is next for you?

:43:16.:43:20.

Some of the girls are going into sevens but as of tomorrow it is part

:43:21.:43:25.

of our 18 month journey towards the women's World Cup. For us now, it is

:43:26.:43:32.

getting those little things right and the finishes and making sure we

:43:33.:43:35.

get those points out wide to put this in a position then for the

:43:36.:43:40.

6-nations next year and then the World Cup to improve on our rankings

:43:41.:43:43.

and then make ourselves a force to be reckoned with. Thank you very

:43:44.:43:50.

much for coming in. Wish you all the very best and let's bring you right

:43:51.:43:52.

up to date with the Pro12. Excellent service off the top. On

:43:53.:44:05.

the crash ball and the offload. Quick possessions here, it could be

:44:06.:44:13.

on. Missed pass, first try for Munster. Rhys Patchell, according to

:44:14.:44:29.

minds. Keeps possession. Switch of direction. Josh Navidi. Weak

:44:30.:44:33.

tackling in midfield. Josh Navidi has support and it is a stroll for

:44:34.:44:42.

Macauley Cook. The Blues will look to go down the front. It is a front

:44:43.:44:46.

Peel, how cheeky is that from Matthew Rees?

:44:47.:44:56.

No surprises what Munster will do here. And the Blues are on the back

:44:57.:45:03.

foot. There is a penalty coming but they want more. They get more.

:45:04.:45:13.

Cherie at the bottom of the pile. Here they come again. From deep,

:45:14.:45:19.

Munster. That has been punched and it is Garyn Smith and he will go all

:45:20.:45:25.

the way. Garyn Smith, pickpocketing the Munster attack.

:45:26.:45:31.

The Blues come again. Looking for that bonus point try. Evans, Rhys

:45:32.:45:41.

Patchell, great work from Rhys Patchell. Munster, the game could

:45:42.:45:53.

well be lost but they will not be giving up any time soon. O'Donoghue.

:45:54.:46:01.

A third try for Munster. The first time we have beaten Munster here for

:46:02.:46:04.

seven years apparently, which is a good achievement but way too long to

:46:05.:46:08.

wait for a win against Munster at home. That win for the Blues sees

:46:09.:46:13.

them remain ninth but adds to the pressure on the Ospreys as they look

:46:14.:46:17.

for European qualification. Glasgow beat Leinster on Friday. The

:46:18.:46:19.

defending champions are up to sixth. Six Welsh derbies over the next six

:46:20.:46:29.

weeks and there are some really tasty matchups. Next week, it is the

:46:30.:46:35.

Ospreys against the Scarlets. And a head-to-head between these two

:46:36.:46:36.

Canadians. You move to sunny Wales, how are you

:46:37.:46:57.

enjoying the mumbles? It is good. It is a nice little area here. Loving

:46:58.:47:01.

the beaches and the coffee shops. Ice cream shops. It is nice when the

:47:02.:47:08.

weather is like today. But it has been a hard few months with the

:47:09.:47:14.

weather. I can only have one sugar, this is on TV. How have you found

:47:15.:47:23.

the public just living in Wales? They are quite crazy about rugby. I

:47:24.:47:29.

try to get to see as many of the games as I can in the 6-nations just

:47:30.:47:32.

for that exact reason. The whole city is buzzing. I do think there is

:47:33.:47:37.

really a stadium in the world that has the crazy Welsh fans and

:47:38.:47:43.

especially when the stadium is closed and everything is amplified

:47:44.:47:46.

that much more. In having it right in the middle of town with all the

:47:47.:47:51.

stripper bars and people there I was before the game, having fun. The

:47:52.:48:02.

stripper bars? The strip. I did not have a clue. Stripper bars are the

:48:03.:48:08.

best. People are there hours before the game! You have been here for a

:48:09.:48:17.

little bit now and played a couple of games for the Scarlets and eight

:48:18.:48:23.

few of the derbies? Derbies everywhere are the same. Coming from

:48:24.:48:27.

Glasgow for six years, having the huge rivalry with Edinburgh, I was

:48:28.:48:33.

used to that. But then you come here to Wales where rugby is the normal

:48:34.:48:38.

one sport and a lot more people know about what is going on and all the

:48:39.:48:42.

Welsh guys will be coming back. Everyone will be firing and ready

:48:43.:48:47.

for it. It was funny when I first came to the Ospreys, the one game of

:48:48.:48:51.

the year that you could not lose was the Scarlets at home. The Scarlets

:48:52.:48:55.

will want to get to the top of the table and you guys want to start

:48:56.:48:59.

putting back-to-back games together. We want to get top six if we want to

:49:00.:49:05.

be in Europe. It is a massive game: not only a derby game at the points

:49:06.:49:08.

are vital. Both teams will want to get points for different reasons. I

:49:09.:49:14.

use starting? I do not know. Are you? I do not know. You have been

:49:15.:49:22.

resting all season for this one, to be fresh. I have been playing every

:49:23.:49:26.

game. I have been training well recently. Obviously, the Welsh

:49:27.:49:32.

players coming back, Jake Ball, James King for us. They have been

:49:33.:49:36.

involved in the Welsh squad. They will be a bit of a battle going on

:49:37.:49:41.

there. Definitely. Jake Ball is a massive leader for us. Front foot

:49:42.:49:48.

kind of guy. At the end of the day, when you play these derby games, it

:49:49.:49:52.

is all about who can create momentum and that starts with the forwards.

:49:53.:49:59.

There is the potential for you and I to go up against each other. If that

:50:00.:50:04.

does happen, it'll be a good class. We only done it once. Who do you

:50:05.:50:09.

think would be the best winger you have played against and why? You

:50:10.:50:13.

would be up there, even though you were macro I have only played you

:50:14.:50:20.

once. I have to go low on you. But I have googled Jeff Hassler, gridiron,

:50:21.:50:30.

highlights. How come when you score tries in rugby, do you not to those

:50:31.:50:35.

crazy celebrations that you used to in football? You used to do a little

:50:36.:50:47.

fire stoking. It is expected. Rugby is more of a

:50:48.:50:53.

gentleman sport. You have got to expect to score and not make a scene

:50:54.:50:58.

of it. Maybe if I score against you or I will pull that off. I hope to

:50:59.:51:04.

see you on the field next week. Best of luck and may the best team win.

:51:05.:51:08.

Good luck for the rest of the season. I hope you guys make the

:51:09.:51:13.

play-offs. What is it like when you go from being international

:51:14.:51:16.

team-mates and buddies into knocking seven bells out of each other? It is

:51:17.:51:17.

good fun. There will be little seven bells out of each other? It is

:51:18.:51:31.

as it is a big game, you will not have any problem getting motivated.

:51:32.:51:36.

The fact it is a derby, Ospreys Scarlets, the boys will be firing on

:51:37.:51:40.

all cylinders. And Ken Owens going up against Scott Baldwin. There is

:51:41.:51:45.

nothing between them. Scott Baldwin is one of the most improved players

:51:46.:51:51.

in Wales over the last few seasons. Ken Owens made such a difference at

:51:52.:51:53.

Twickenham when he came on. Ken Owens made such a difference at

:51:54.:53:29.

well. Let's bring you back to Wales and the 6-nations and looking ahead

:53:30.:53:32.

to New Zealand. If you were a schoolteacher and you were being

:53:33.:53:35.

asked to give your end of term report, what would you give Wales?

:53:36.:53:42.

Areas to improve on? Marks out of ten for getting continuity in the

:53:43.:53:46.

front row. They have had the same front row throughout the 6-nations,

:53:47.:53:49.

something they have struggled with before, the tight head side, Samson

:53:50.:53:54.

Lee, he is like a cornerstone. He has massive power behind him and the

:53:55.:53:59.

second rows, pure quality. They have stability upfront. Looking from the

:54:00.:54:07.

outside, there is one thing I would change, the variation of attack.

:54:08.:54:11.

They did it on Saturday, Arial, around the ruck, short, close,

:54:12.:54:15.

deception, against a blitz defence, two lines of attack may be to help

:54:16.:54:20.

off-load a bit of pressure. That'll be one thing but that takes time and

:54:21.:54:23.

the more they play together, they more they get that rhythm and

:54:24.:54:26.

especially against New Zealand, it is gone to be tough. It is good to

:54:27.:54:34.

be expansive game plan. It feels like you are playing against 15

:54:35.:54:39.

constantly all the time. Something that vary in that game will be

:54:40.:54:43.

massive. Any chance for Wales in New Zealand question mark there is

:54:44.:54:46.

always a chance. I completely agree with what Xavier Rush said, if ever

:54:47.:54:52.

there is a time to play New Zealand, it is when these players are not

:54:53.:54:56.

there. They have been the catalyst of everything New Zealand have done

:54:57.:54:58.

well over the last few years. However there are to be other

:54:59.:55:03.

players replacing them and coming through. And they will be world

:55:04.:55:08.

class in a matter of time. It is the hardest place you are going to go

:55:09.:55:12.

and play rugby. It is the toughest place and the toughest plays in the

:55:13.:55:15.

world out there but there is always a chance. It is gone to be hard and

:55:16.:55:18.

it will be interesting to see what kind of score they take their

:55:19.:55:21.

because a lot of experienced players have played a lot of rugby over the

:55:22.:55:25.

last year and a half and maybe it is a time for these players to have a

:55:26.:55:29.

bit of a rest and we have the under 20s boys who were looking superb in

:55:30.:55:34.

the 6-nations, they might want to be pushed right into the deep end and

:55:35.:55:37.

experience some of the red -- toughest rugby they were level

:55:38.:55:41.

expedience. How do you think Wales will do? We are competitive and we

:55:42.:55:46.

have not had that for a long time. You have to take your hat off to the

:55:47.:55:50.

current squad. They are up there and they will go up there with

:55:51.:55:54.

expectations high. If they can have all their best players playing and

:55:55.:55:57.

they play at their best, they are capable of beating New Zealand. That

:55:58.:56:01.

is the thing. The players that they will bring in will not appear from

:56:02.:56:04.

nowhere. They have been in the background for the last three or

:56:05.:56:07.

four years but not in the first team. I think if we can adapt, Hibs

:56:08.:56:16.

midfield, good communication, try and get mismatches out why, I think

:56:17.:56:22.

we can improve a lot and if we do the basics, in defence, set piece,

:56:23.:56:27.

as we have been, then if we can get our attack working well, I think we

:56:28.:56:32.

can only improve. We are running out of time but your assessment of Wales

:56:33.:56:38.

this season? Something like seven out of ten. We are runners-up, which

:56:39.:56:42.

going into yesterday's game, it felt like we were going into a Wooden

:56:43.:56:45.

Spoon game. But we are where we are. We are a fit and organised and

:56:46.:56:50.

committed side. One thing you cannot question with this team is the

:56:51.:56:53.

commitment. They always come back so well. You have been brilliant

:56:54.:57:03.

tonight. Thank you very much to Martyn Williams, Jonathan Davies,

:57:04.:57:11.

Shane Williams, Xavier Rush, thank you very much. That is it from us.

:57:12.:57:15.

As ever, it has been emotional.

:57:16.:57:20.

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