S5 E28: Pivac makes four changes for France
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🗓️ 9 March 2022
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Gareth Rhys Owen and Nicky Robinson react to Wayne Pivac's Wales squad to face France on Friday which sees four changes to the side that lost in Twickenham.
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| 0:38.0 | team announcement day on a Wednesday. |
| 0:40.0 | On a Wednesday, not a Thursday, that's because the match against France is on Friday. |
| 0:45.2 | And Wales, while the headline is the fact that Wim Pivac has selected Seb Davis and Josh Navidi in the back row. |
| 0:54.7 | Davis normally a lock. |
| 0:56.2 | Navidi who's only played one game of rugby since October. |
| 0:59.9 | Jonathan Davis in the midfield for Nick Tompkins because of an injury for Tompkins and Garoth Thomas also starts instead of Wynne Jones |
| 1:08.6 | Nicki I'm gonna start with a back row. What's you taking it? I'm a little surprised if I'm honest look I know |
| 1:15.5 | said Davis has got the the size and the ability to to be a top-class second row or back row I don't think we've seen enough of it of his talent, |
| 1:25.7 | if I'm honest, since he's going to come on the scene with the blues and now with Cardiff. |
| 1:30.0 | I think Wayne said today as well, he likes his ball playing ability out in Y channel so they can try and get outside of France and having these carriers in the Y channels he is very good. He's a very good footballer. He's being able to offload. So he obviously sees that and his line out option to go in there as well. |
| 1:47.1 | But the big part is his physicality and that's the one thing we're going to need to see from him. |
| 1:51.5 | And I'm sure the coaches, whether John Humphoos |
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