@MN5 said in Wales v Springboks:
@pooler-fan said in Wales v Springboks:
@sparky are there any decent ones with Welsh heritage?
I'd definitely take a couple of south African monsters if they had a Welsh granny.
We just don't produce physical specimens unfortunately. Test matches are becoming more & more physical and if you lose that contest it's game over.Well, you did in the backs a few years ago. North, Roberts, Cuthbert, Phillips etc were all absolute monsters for the positions they played.
We still do in the backs to be fair, barring injuries we could select Llewellyn, Grady and Eddie James who are all 6'5" ish and well over 100kgs.
It's not just about size though, many of the Bok players for instance tend to punch above their (considerable) weight.
We're awful at metres made post contact. Only Jac Morgan seems to be able to consistently do it.