Le scelte di Warren Gatand per l’attesa partita che domenica metterà di fronte il suo Galles ai campioni del mondo in carica
Wales:15 James Hook, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Shane Williams, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Mike Phillips, 8 Toby Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (c), 6 Danny Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Luke Charteris, 3 Adam Jones, 2 Huw Bennett, 1 Paul James
Replacements: 16 Lloyd Burns, 17 Ryan Bevington, 18 Bradley Davies, 19 Andy Powell, 20 Tavis Knoyle, 21 Scott Williams, 22 Leigh Halfpenny.
Date: Sunday, September 11
Kick-off: 20.30 (08.30 GMT)
Venue: Wellington Regional Stadium, Wellington
Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)
Assistant referees: George Clancy (Ireland)), Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
TMO: Matt Goddard (Australia)
Mirco Bergamasco
Andrea Masi
Alessandro Zanni
Luciano Orquera
La partita è in programma domenica al Taranaki Stadium. Entrambe giocheranno poi con l’Italia. Questo il XV scelto da Kidney
15 – Geordan Murphy (Leicester Tigers)
14 – Tommy Bowe (Ospreys) *
13 – Brian O’Driscoll (UCD/Leinster) (capt)
12 – Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster)
11 – Keith Earls (Young Munster/Munster) *
10 – Jonathan Sexton (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) *
9 – Conor Murray (Garryowen/Munster) *
1 – Tom Court (Malone/Ulster) *
2 – Rory Best (Banbridge/Ulster)
3 – Mike Ross (Clontarf/Leinster) *
4 – Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster)
5 – Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster)
6 – Stephen Ferris (Dungannon/Ulster) *
7 – Shane Jennings (St. Mary’s College/Leinster) *
8 – Jamie Heaslip (Naas/Leinster) *
Replacements:
16 – Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster)
17 – Tony Buckley (Sale Sharks)*
18 – Donnacha Ryan (Shannon/Munster)*
19 – Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster)
20 – Eoin Reddan (Lansdowne/Leinster)
21 – Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster)
22 – Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster)
* Rugby World Cup debutant
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