6N's! Wales v France! Hook to start then! Any surprises do you think?

Question

Wales: Lee Byrne (Ospreys); Mark Jones (Llanelli Scarlets), Tom Shanklin (Cardiff Blues), Gavin Henson (Ospreys), Shane Williams (Ospreys); James Hook (Ospreys), Mike Phillips (Ospreys); Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Huw Bennett (Ospreys), Adam Jones (Ospreys), Ian Gough (Ospreys), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Jonathan Thomas (Ospreys), Martyn Williams (Cardiff Blues), Ryan Jones (Ospreys, capt).

Answer 1

no, no alarms and no surprises

Answer 2

No I thought he would start Hook.

Answer 3

the french coach hasnt taken then tournment seriously...

new caps in almost every game

if the french want to beat wales they will... and by more than the 20 points needed

thats if they can be bothered... so the welsh selection is largely irrelevant  

its down to what french team turns up... world class brilliance or pathetic complacency

Answer 4

Makes good sense to me.

Answer 5

Not really.

Two great fly halfs both playing really well at the moment.

Why not rotate them.

It'll be a different game this weekend and I think Hook's the right option for it.

That's a problem Brian Ashton would love to have this week.

Answer 6

ALLEZ LES BLEUS!

Answer 7

i am glad to hear that news.

Answer 8

Hook will not be on for the full game - Stephen Jones is an old head.

Regardless who is playing 9 or 10. When they put that red jersey with three feathers on they play for Wales and we all need to get behind them regardless of what regionla side we all support

C'mon Wales lets g behind the boys and sing and cheer them on

Answer 9

Hook to exploit the massive gapping  gaps in the french defence that were there during the French Italy game...with Jones coming on to tighten things up...around the 60 min mark.

Gatland = Genius..

Answer 10

No surprise, what a great game is in the offing

Answer 11

I am surprised, I felt sure Jones would start and Hook would come on to unsettle things after an hour. As for the gaping holes in defense previously , this french team selected is 100% solid. He has dropped the experimentation and brought back ALL his top players. there will be no huge gaps in defence, no silly errors, no overenthusiasm of youth from France this weekend.

Lievermond has selected the ABSOLUTE best team of players he has available. I love Hookey, have met him a few times, his club is down the road from us, and he came through our Junior District Setup (I am a district offical). Obviously I am an Osprey, so for me to have gone with jones might seem odd to many. But despite his silly mistakes in kicking, and him throwing the ball foreward rather than take the hit when his receivers over run him last saturday, I would have gone with him.

Don't forget who threw the try making pass to Shane ;-)

Answer 12

Nope brilliant team we have brilliant players and a huge chance let's see if we have a nice calon lan and hen wlad fy nhadau on Dydd sadwrn

CYMRU AM BYTH

Y GORON DRIPHLYG A NAWR AM Y GAMP LAWN