Six Nations: Rhys Priestland got the chance to hand All Blacks indicator to Wayne Pivac early on
Rhys Priestland will play Cardiff for the first time on Friday evening (7:15 PM) when Rhys Priestland makes their debut against his former club Bath at Arms Park (Cardiff). In Saturday's clash between The Stoop and Harlequins, he made his debut as a substitute in the second half and showed good performance in a 25-minute cameo. Rugby fans can buy Six Nations Tickets from our website at discounted prices.
Rhys Priestland will play Cardiff for the first time on Friday evening |
But he clearly has an
admirer in Pivac, and would love to include him in his Six Nations line-up in January, but was prevented from doing so
under the WRU 60 cap rule, even though the former Scarlet organizer had agreed
to join Cardiff.
Priestland is now eligible
to compete in New Zealand's opening round in the fall.
England duo Dan Biggar and
Callum Sheedy was unable to participate in that match as it fell outside the
official testing period, and half players Gareth Anscombe and Rhys Patchell
have not resumed the match after a long-term injury.
Jarrod Evans wore the number
10 jersey during the final test in Wales. That match was lost at home to
Argentina in July.
Priestland is now eligible to compete in New Zealand’s opening round in the fall |
He did not play in Cardiff this weekend and his return will be revealed in two weeks at the United Rugby Championship opening ceremony with Connaught.
At the same time, Priestland
has the ability to grab attention by showing the astute game management and
creativity that makes him so stable in the team he now leads.
His addition was one of 11
personnel changes against English champions Harlequins. Cardiff led 26-7 at halftime
but eventually lost the game 45-33.
Who switched from locked
position to 8th position? The four survivors are winger Jason Harries, second
row Rory Thornton, center Max Llewellyn, and versatile James Ratti.
Welsh summer internationals
Owen Lane and Josh Turnbull joined the Priestland squad, with Turnbull
captaining the blindside.
Post-rower Will Boyde who
has been absent since suffering a serious facial injury in last November's game
against Edinburgh is also making a gratifying return.
There are many good players
on the bench, international players Rhys Carre, Dillon Lewis, Shane
Lewis-Hughes, Ellis Jenkins, Willis Halaholo, and Matthew Morgan are ready to
join the fight.
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