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Well, it had been 833 long days since Wales had last won a match at the Principality Stadium.

But after two long years, Welsh fans could finally breathe a slight sigh of relief on Saturday as Wales won a match that mattered at home, beating Japan 2423.

This weekend, the All-Blacks, the Almighty All-Blacks, awaiting, joining me to look ahead to Saturday's match, Jonathan Davis, James Hook, and the second highest all black point scorer of all time,

New Zealand legend Andrew Mertons.

I think it's the first time we've had someone in the top 10 record point scores on the warm-up

sofa.

There's a crucial word that sicken though, isn't it?

About half as many as Carter at the end of the day.

You were first or once, yeah. I'm assuming you tried to get him on the show. He's normally first choice. I'm surprised Justin Marshall's not here. I can only imagine he wasn't available. But I'm happy to be here anyway, thank you. Yeah, I mean, you spent your career playing alongside him. You played with him at the Ospreys.

Do you think Merts would have fitted into the galactic era at the club, James?

I'm glad he didn't come because I wouldn't have had a game, haven't I? But yeah, Marcy was 2006 till 2009, usually the Ospreys, so yeah, yeah, made a bit of an impression, no doubt. And we've already decided I can call you Mertz, Andrew a bit too formal I think but you've made you've

well come all the way from France that's where you're And we've already decided I can call you Mertz, Andrew a bit too formal, I think. But you've

come all the way from France, that's where you live in now, just to, well, not just to be with

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