Wales seem to have gone for a model of lets just send out the biggest u20 team we can assembleormond lad wrote:Of course. Welsh, English do send their 18s to South Africa but also get guys playing Premiership, A level and if not in championship so playing pro rugby and at a decent level much more than we do.dropkick wrote:I'm sure we won't see the best of the U20s until the JWC (or whatever its called now) in the summer. The Welsh and English send their U18 and U19 squads to play a tournament in South Africa every year which is an advantage for them.
Based on anecdotal evidence the Welsh underage structures (to a fairly young age) have a massive overemphasis on bulk/size and a lack of focus on skills