Veteran lock Alun Wyn Jones will be available for selection for “Wales Six Nations” clash with Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.
Head teach Warren Gatland to start with dominated the most capped Test player of all day trip of the assembly after Jones took a head knock towards Ireland, however he has now been cleared to stand the Scots.
Jones left the pitch for a head harm evaluation at some stage in Wales’ 34-10 domestic defeat against Ireland on Saturday. The lock couldn’t re-join the movement after producing an bizarre end result for his HIA1 check, but next – and extra specified – HIA2 and HIA3 checks came back everyday.
He additionally did no longer show any signs or symptoms of concussion, with a neck harm recognized, even though not one to sideline him this weekend.
This way that Jones can be available for selection to Warren Gatland, even as it is also understood that Wales’ clinical team were in touch with the Six Nations and World Rugby to keep them throughout the state of affairs.
Further interrogation of video pictures and an interview with the former Lions captain changed into done, and it’s been showed that he did now not go through a concussion.
Six Nations The threat of Duhan van der Merwe
After scoring crucial attempts inside the win over England, Duhan van der Merwe might be the focus of a number of evaluation this week for Wales Six Nations.
Forshaw acknowledged the chance that the effective winger own but also critiqued England’s kicking strategies with Van der Merwe, Stuart Hogg and Finn Russell within the Scotland backline.
If you are going long and strong together with your kicking game, you have to be robust defensively because he is coming at you with some velocity,” he stated.
Meanwhile, defence train Mike Forshaw bemoaned Wales unwell-discipline against Ireland after his aspect conceded nine consequences in the starting zone of the healthy.
Nine penalties inside the first 20 minutes fee us discipline function in opposition to an amazing aspect,” Forshaw said. You can’t provide away that number of penalties at this level, defending 5-metre lineouts against Ireland, who we know are a superb facet.
I simply examine Scottish rugby in the meanwhile. I don’t think Glasgow have lost considering that November, and Edinburgh beat Saracens in Europe. Then they visit England and beat England.
I suppose they are a set that are honestly on a excessive and have some good coaches. I’ve watched maximum in their video games, and I concept they were exquisite at the weekend. They pose a large hazard.
Forshaw brought that Wales should start better in their second Six Nations fit towards Scotland.
We need to begin better than we did last week, that’s the first issue on my brain,” he said. “We have to get into the game early without being beneath the pump with discipline, and there has been a piece of a focal point on that.
He scored a wonder strive on the weekend, possibly one of the first-class tries I even have ever visible.
(Stuart) Hogg can hurt you. Then you have Finn Russell, who will attempt things off the cuff. I even have had revel in of that coaching towards Racing 92 (Russell’s membership crew) over the previous few years.
We should convey them to the combat a bit greater and now not give them lengthy and strong possibilities.
The England strategies of going lengthy had been in All Blacks now not splendid, however having stated that, there may be a piece of X-thing in that (Scotland) back-3.
He (Van der Merwe) is a bloke who can hurt you. I actually have visible him at Worcester in previous seasons, and he has produced something out of not anything and left a path of destruction.
