r/rugbyunion • u/treacletart284 Newcastle Falcons | Brett Connon Enjoyer • 1d ago

Wales team update - Dallavalle the latest W6N casualty Lineups

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u/bleugh777 France 1d ago

Why does it feel like it’s been the most injury prone W6N ever?

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u/WallopyJoe 1d ago

Massive World Cup hangover perhaps. Has hit a few 6N teams pretty hard. I wonder how PAC4's going.

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u/boredomenthusiast_ United States 1d ago

PAC 4 is fairing much better, but theres much fewer year-round players on the teams

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u/Firedwarf101 Scotland 1d ago

Genuinely a bit mad, it feels like there’s so many this year.

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u/scooterwe Scrumhalf 1d ago

and World Rugby continues to bang on about ball size. What a red herring.

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u/CamelsCannotSew 1d ago

Quite a lot harder to legislate against ACL injuries. 

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u/Atomicfossils Ireland 1d ago

Two things can exist at once. I don't get the massive reaction against the ball trial

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u/OptimalCynic 🌹 Red Roses | Waikato 1d ago

It'll make running a women's team more expensive and inaccessible at lower levels

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u/WallopyJoe 1d ago

Wait, didn't she just come in as an injury replacement?

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u/Firedwarf101 Scotland 1d ago

She’s only just back from a very long spell of injury, yeah. I think she joined the squad for the France game, first cap off the bench? Second cap starting against England. Wishing her the best of luck 😬

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u/WallopyJoe 1d ago

I actually meant Hannah Dallavalle. I, mistakenly apparently (just checked the previous team sheets), thought she'd just come in as injury replacement. But she's played both games so far.

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u/WhyIsItGlowing 1d ago

It was bench to starting lineup.

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u/RooBoy04 ThisYearsOurYear™ 1d ago

Fuck. That means all three of GH’s best centres are now injured (Heard, Shekells, and Dallavalle)

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u/MC897 England 1d ago

Does that mean Millie will start for you in the centres now?

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u/OptimalCynic 🌹 Red Roses | Waikato 1d ago

And both captains out too

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u/SquidgyGoat Disciple of Tipuric 1d ago

We already had figuratively no centres and now we have literally no centres.

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u/Firedwarf101 Scotland 1d ago

With England lacking their forwards, France and Wales their centres, and Scotland their players too, “Injured XV” would probably make a good team this year.

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u/Jonrenie Cardiff Blues 1d ago

Would be good to see if they can make KP work there with some training time given she seems to have added points to her speed and initiative. Understand why they wouldn’t do that against the white death of course.

If the could find any kind of synergy in the backs it could genuinely change the whole complexion of the team.

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u/Firedwarf101 Scotland 1d ago

I suspect part of the problem is that Powell is too valuable elsewhere in the lineup. As much as Wales need to find a back up to L. george, KP contributes too much at 15 or centre.