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'We fed off that really' - Williams reveals motives behind Scotland thrashing
By Alex Fisher
Scott Williams says the chance to avenge Wales' defeat to Scotland in last year's Six Nations powered them to victory in the opening game of the 2018 tournament.
Wales were beaten 29-13 at Murrayfield in last February in a disappointing campaign that saw them finish second bottom.
However, the outcome was very different at the Principality Stadium on Saturday as Warren Gatland's side ran riot.
The hosts registered four tries in a 34-7 victory, a win that Williams says they "owed" Scotland after the reverse 12 months ago.
"We thought back to when we played them last year and we were really disappointed to lose that game," Williams told the South Wales Argus.
"We fed off that really and we owed them one, and I thought we did that.
"I thought we showed glimpses of some really good stuff. To be a little bit harsh, we maybe left a couple of tries out there, but we're happy.
"It's a good start for us and something we can build on."
Next up for Wales is a trip to Twickenham to face defending champions England, which Williams conceded represents a tougher test.
"It's going to be a different challenge next week, but we've won there before so it's definitely doable," he added.
"But we're going to have to be a step up again.
"We need to make sure we take our chances. We're probably not going to get as many chances so we need to make sure we take them."
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Yet Ethan Blackadder was one of our best against the World Champion Springbok. When he came back to the Crusaders later in the season , he made a huge difference, ( a long with others like Codie Taylor), we nearly made the Play Off's. Ethan has plenty of rugby left in him. His family , Dad Todd Blackadder must be very [proud of him. Todd Blackadder was a 3 time champion captain of the Crusaders, '98, '99 and 2000.An icon in this area. Also twice captain of Canterbury , '97 and 2001 when we won the NPC and Ranfurly Shield winning captain in 2000.
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Noah Lolesio is your sort of player and that worked OK, but only because his team is far more creative than Englands for example. The highly organized Irish attack was also another that didn't require much from the 10, but that is now changing with Prendergast who is in that league mold like the most new age 10's.
So it is in fact your two which would require even more change to make the most of than Marcus Smith.
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