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Rhys Webb out of Six Nations - WRU statement

Wales scrum-half Rhys Webb

Wales have been dealt another injury blow after Rhys Webb sustained a knee injury that will likely rule him out of the entire Six Nations.

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Warren Gatland’s squad has already been decimated with Sam Warburton, Taulupe Faletau, Dan Lydiate, Jonathan Davies, Liam Williams, Dan Biggar and Rhys Priestland among those on the sidelines.

And Ospreys scrum-half Webb, who has 31 Wales caps, has joined that lengthy list.

A short Wales statement released on Thursday read: “Rhys Webb has been released from the Wales National Squad due to a knee injury.

“The injury will restrict Webb’s involvement in the campaign and further assessments are required to establish the best course of action.”

Uncapped Cardiff Blues nine Tomos Williams has been added to the squad.

Wales begin their Six Nations campaign at home to Scotland on February 3.

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JW 13 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

But then you can go a step further and say that the attack left his feet and went to ground early lol


Seriously though, isn’t that just going to go back to giving easy unwarranted tries away?

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NB 14 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

Yep it didn’t look good did it?😁

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NB 16 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

If a tackler dives at your ankles what do you do?

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JW 16 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

if an attacker slides in at ankle level, with a questionable extra movement, what do you do?

Great question Nick, I’m glad you’re trying to get down to the bottom of this issue and not just make an argument that sides with your team 😜

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NB 17 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

I think he used to but all his recent past has been at LHP.

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NB 18 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

I don’t buy the line that Slips is a better scrummager than Bell though, he roasted Uini Atonio pre RWC 2023 and went well v big Frans as long ago as 2021. The two obvious front rows were Bell-Porecki-AAA amd Slips-BPA-Tupou.

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NB 22 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

And that is what happens when a coach gets desperate and is running on empty…

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JW 22 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

No, because they go on further to say that you can’t dive to avoid a tackle. If they had of state that first, and then clarified further with that statement, then yes.


My guess, with their wording as it is, is you can’t override dangerous play just because youre trying to score a try.

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NB 23 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

I agree and I think he’s become Joe’s media mouthpiece too readily on this tour. I like MT’s commentary generally but that was OTT.

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TL 24 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

You’d think Cron would be key in the scrum calls, particularly front row, no? M Hooper made a good point re Bell not doing enough in core scrummaging role, hence the bench maybe? But that doesn’t explain the height mismatch.

Would be interesting to do a historical analysis of close margin outcomes, we did beat Fiji and England in tight games recently, and Argentina. Schmidt’s WBs have been pretty good in that regard.

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NB 24 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

Yes refs need some protection from these post-match attacks don’t they? And it’s come from both Schmidt and Waugh now.

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NB 30 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

Yes I agree that Jake Gordon prob had his best game in the green-and-gold👍

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fl 30 minutes ago
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NB 33 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

Hunter brings an attacking mentality to D anyway, maybe that is what Joe didn’t like?

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NB 34 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

Thanks DM.

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NB 34 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

From what I’ve heard he was trim and fit after a good season in Japan. But Paisami could have done a better job at 12 with Lenny at 13.

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NB 36 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

Joe likes to play a power game as you can see from teh stats table, so you would think he needs those power players to make it work!


Jake Gordon was good on the back of those carries and is a better kicker than Tate, though I would have liked to see Tate + Tom +Hunter as a trio at 9, 10 and 12.

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NB 38 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

Ball-carriers usually dip their heads when anticipating contact in any case, esp near the GL, so the solution is not obvious….

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YeowNotEven 40 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

Tizzano’s overacting ruined any chance of a penalty. No referee with any dignity was going to award him one for that performance.

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NB 40 minutes ago
'The Wallabies only have themselves to blame': How the Lions sunk Australia in Melbourne

I think he has to - just like those mid-air collisions you see in the NFL near the GL!

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