All Blacks vs Springboks Rugby: Sei Nazioni 2023: la formazione del Galles per l’esordio con l’Irlanda

Ken Owens, capitano del Galles

Il trequarti degli Ospreys Joe Hawkins, che ha conquistato il suo primo Cap contro l’Australia in autunno, fa il suo debutto nel Sei Nazioni in posizione di centro. Si troverà accanto all’esperto George North, uno degli uomini chiave della precedente gestione di Gatland.

Questa è la novità principale del Galles che si appresta ad esordire nel Sei Nazioni sotto la guida del coach neozelandese ritornato in sella dopo l’esonero di Pivac.

Gareth Thomas e Tomas Francis si uniscono al capitano Ken Owens in una prima linea per 2/3 composta da giocatori degli Ospreys .

L’eterno Alun Wyn Jones e Adam Beard completano la seconda linea. In terza linea ci sarà tutta la fisicità di Jac Morgan abbinata all’esperienza di Justin Tipuric e Taulupe Faletau a n.8.

Dan Biggar, che ha perso l’Autumn Nations Series per infortunio, torna in cabina di regia. Tomos Williams è il mediano di mischia, mentre Leigh Halfpenny torna a indossare la maglia titolare del Galles dall’estate del 2021 dopo essere entrato come sostituto contro la Georgia a novembre.

A Rio Dyer e Josh Adams è affidato il compito di portare velocità e fosforo in posizione di ala.

In panchina siederanno Owen Williams e Scott Baldwin, le cui ultime apparizioni in Nazionale risalgono al 2017. Dafydd Jenkins e Tommy Reffell avranno la possibilità di incrementare le loro presenze internazionali, insieme Rhys Carre e Dillon Lewis pronti a dare manforte in mischia.

Leggi anche: Sei Nazioni 2023: come arrivano Francia, Irlanda, Inghilterra, Scozia e Galles all’esordio

Alex Cuthbert e Rhys Webb, che ha giocato per l’ultima volta per il Galles nell’autunno del 2020, sono gli altri sostituti.

Il Galles affronterà l’Irlanda nella prima giornata del Sei Nazioni 2023 che si giocherà a Cardiff, alle ore 14.15 di sabato 4 febbraio.

La formazione del Galles:

15. Leigh Halfpenny (Scarlets – 97 caps)
14. Josh Adams (Cardiff Rugby – 43 caps)
13. George North (Ospreys – 109 caps)
12. Joe Hawkins (Ospreys – 1 cap)
11. Rio Dyer (Dragons – 3 caps)
10. Dan Biggar (Toulon – 103 caps)
9. Tomos Williams (Cardiff Rugby – 40 caps)
1. Gareth Thomas (Ospreys – 17 caps)
2. Ken Owens (Scarlets – 86 caps) captain
3. Tomas Francis (Ospreys – 67 caps)
4. Adam Beard (Ospreys – 41 caps)
5. Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys – 155 caps)
6. Jac Morgan (Ospreys – 6 caps)
7. Justin Tipuric (Ospreys – 89 caps)
8. Taulupe Faletau (Cardiff Rugby – 95 caps)

A disposizione

16. Scott Baldwin (Ospreys – 34 caps)
17. Rhys Carre (Cardiff Rugby – 17 caps)
18. Dillon Lewis (Cardiff Rugby – 45 caps)
19. Dafydd Jenkins (Exeter Chiefs – 1 cap)
20. Tommy Reffell (Leicester Tigers – 4 caps)
21. Rhys Webb (Ospreys – 36 caps)
22. Owen Williams (Ospreys – 3 caps)
23. Alex Cuthbert (Ospreys – 55 caps)

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