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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Ffidel Bennett Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 October 2018 at 9:13am
My apologies to Pivac. They were Gatland's words, but in any case I doubt if they were very helpful to Patch.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote greypower1 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 October 2018 at 9:56am
I don't want to sound cynical but it makes Gatland's selections at fly half a lot simpler for the Autumn internationals.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote GPR - Rochester Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 October 2018 at 10:01am
Well Gats will have an issue for the 1st game if Rhys does not get passed fit to play. Biggar won't be released so it looks as if Jarrod Evans will be on the bench. 
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote supertaf Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 October 2018 at 10:51am
Originally posted by Ffidel Bennett Ffidel Bennett wrote:

Originally posted by Fscarlet Fscarlet wrote:

When asked (regarding the Autumn International squad) "Whats the situation regarding Patchell after his concussion", Gatland replied

We are concerned about him. I need to reiterate and point out that player welfare is the most important thing for us.

Rhys is going to come in with us and we’ve even had the discussion we might not even play him in this campaign.

We’ll look after him, and he can train. I haven’t had this discussion with the Scarlets or their medical team, but having spoken to Prav Mathema (Wales medical manager) my view would be that if he did get another knock in the next game or in the next four to six weeks, then he probably needs to do what George North did and take the rest of the season off to get himself right.

We’ll assess where he is. When you get a few knocks it’s about confidence and if Rhys is brutally honest with himself, in his first game back against Connacht they were pretty direct against him.

He wasn’t keen on making too many tackles or taking the ball to the line, which are his strengths.

 
Not sure how wise Pivac was being this honest. Surely it will encourage some other teams to be "pretty direct" against him -teams that are less scrupulous about pinpointing weaknesses /injuries and taking advantage of them than we are. You only have to look at what happened on Saturday when O'Brien went down to see how that gave Racing the points needed to ultimately win.
Tipuric was pretty direct too, smashed him very late in the first few mins.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote aber-fan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 18 October 2018 at 1:57pm
Originally posted by GPR - Rochester GPR - Rochester wrote:

Well Gats will have an issue for the 1st game if Rhys does not get passed fit to play. Biggar won't be released so it looks as if Jarrod Evans will be on the bench. 

Evans should have been in the squad from the start, IMHO.
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