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Ha ha, i was right to call monyes inclusion.
Armitage was unlucky though, and R Jones
Very surprised about Armitage - can't see what he's done to warrant non-selection. Not particularly surprised about Monye since SackO has been injured.
There's no doubt that Ryan did little this season to warrant selection, but can anybody honestly say that Powell, Quinlan or Worsley (for all his tackling) did? It seems that 'picking on form' is fairly subjective, regardless of how the coaching team want to spin it.
There's a nasty little storm brewing about this, with the very shades of the Henry in Australia causing problems with team Wales that I warned about in posts passim. Gatland (whose media 'skills' I'm seriously starting to question) has come out in the Grauniad with this little gem,
Wurrun Gutlund said:
Gats has an issue with Ryan, that much is obvious, but to deliver a snub like that to your national captain after, doubtless, being key in his non-selection is playing with fire. He should have kept his mouth shut and stuck to the "McGeechan was solely responsible for picking the team" line. I can't see how Jones can remain Wales captain after this, and fully expect AN Other, probably AWJ, to be captaining Wales in the autumn. Baby. Bathwater.
The only other thoughts I have on the selection, save that in the main it's solid enough, and seems to be looking to match Bok beef with British and Irish brawn, is that there's every chance that with the GP, Magners and HEC all coming to a climax there will definitely be injuries, as there will early doors on the hard ground of the veldt. I would be wholly unsurprised to see the likes of Croft, Peel, Armitage and, most of all, Henson to be flying out there, possibly to come in as test starters. It would seem from Gatland's comments, however, that Ryan Jones is unlikely to be boarding a Sith Ifrika bound plane any time soon.
