Wales Vs Georgia: Joe Roberts reveals on the instant he received Wales’s RWC call
Joe Roberts has disclosed he was on his way to a junior rugby festival at his past club Burry Port when he found out about his wonder Wales call-up. The Scarlet’s centre has been pleased with a breakthrough in 2023 by being named in Warren Gatland’s initial training squad for the France Rugby World Cup, which was exposed on Monday afternoon. Speaking on the media, he said, the email came when I was on the way to a player entrance for the Burry Port festival.
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I saw the message but had to be there in five minutes so I had to put the phone down! Everyone is pleased, my dad wouldn’t leave me alone yesterday, he kept haunting me about it, he was over the moon! The 22-year-old from Llanelli came through the Scarlets Academy and has had to overcome two main knee injuries since earning his Wales RWC U20s cap. He returned to action in the new year and has been a virtual ever-present on the side since.
Roberts added playing for Wales Rugby World Cup side has always been a goal growing up, but for me after two pretty big injuries, it has been about getting steady rugby for Scarlets and taking every game as it comes because you don’t know what’s next. I am thankful to the coaches for putting their faith in me the message from Peely is always the same, he keeps telling me to keep supporting myself.
Roberts was sporting a black eye as a result of a staining semi-final defeat to Glasgow on the weekend. The boys are all prepared, he added. But we have had a taste of these big games and as a group, we want to be playing those games regularly in the future.
Rugby World Cup: Wales name 54-player exercise squad for RWC 2023
Wales have revealed a 54-player training squad for the France Rugby World Cup; Joe Hawkins misses out following his transfer to Exeter Chiefs; Warren Gatland has also named 10 new players. After touching Exeter Chiefs, Joe Hawkins misses out on the group and is deemed unqualified to signify Wales due to having fewer than the 25 caps required if you play national rugby outside of Wales.
A raft of aware faces return including Alun Wyn Jones, Leigh Halfpenny, and Ken Owens along with Rugby World Cup stars such as Will Rowlands, George North, and Liam Williams. Gatland has also named 10 uncapped RWC players with Corey Domachowski, Kensley Matthias, Keiron Assiratti, Will Davies-King, Henry Thomas, Teddy Williams, Max Llewellyn, Joe Roberts, Keiran Williams and Cai Evans include.
Upon the notice, Gatland said, we've picked a large Rugby World Cup 2023 squad for several reasons. We will reduce the team to about 45 before we go to Switzerland so there's a bit of danger in the first part of the movement. It's a great chance for some players that were involved in the Six Nations and some youngsters for the future to show us what they are talented at doing in the first part of the homework. For more know about Wales Rugby World Cup Tickets.
Fully fit squad for France Rugby World Cup
In the past, we've congratulated ourselves on how hard we've worked and how fit the squad has been. So that's the message to the players to come in and make a report, work hard, make the trainers sit up and take notice and get yourself in great shape. A lot of skill work needs to be done and there's a chance to work on the detail you often don't get when you go into Six Nations or Autumn campaigns when you have limited training time.
Wales' training begins when players attend an exercise on a rolling basis from May 25, depending on when an individual's club season ends. The squad will be condensed in number ahead of training camps in both Switzerland and Turkey in July before Wales plays three Summer Tests against England home and away on August 5 and 12 and South Africa Rugby World Cup side at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff on August 19.
Wales’s initial training squad for France Rugby World Cup 2023
Forwards: Rhys Carre from Cardiff Rugby with 20 caps, Corey Domachowski from Cardiff Rugby still uncapped, Kemsley Mathias from Scarlets - uncapped, Nicky Smith from Ospreys - 42 caps, Gareth Thomas from Ospreys with 21 caps, Eliott Dee from Dragons - 41 caps, Ryan, Elias from Scarlets - 33 caps, Dewi Lake from Ospreys - 8 caps, Ken Owens from Scarlets - 91 caps, Keiron Assiratti from Cardiff Rugby – uncapped and Tomas Francis from Ospreys - 71 caps.
Will Davies-King from Cardiff Rugby - uncapped, Dillon Lewis from Cardiff Rugby - 50 caps, Henry Thomas from Montpellier - uncapped, Adam Beard from Ospreys - 46 caps, Ben Carter from Dragons - 9 caps, Rhys Davies from Ospreys - 2 caps, Cory Hill from Yokohama Canon Eagles - 32 caps, Dafydd Jenkins from Exeter Chiefs - 6 cap, Alun Wyn Jones from Ospreys - 157 caps, Will Rowlands from Dragons - 23 caps and Christ Tshiunza from Exeter Chiefs - 5 caps.
Teddy Williams from Cardiff Rugby - uncapped, Taine Basham from Dragons - 11 caps, Taulupe Faletau from Cardiff Rugby - 100 caps, Dan Lydiate from Ospreys - 68 caps, Josh Macleod from Scarlets - 2 caps, Jac Morgan from Ospreys - 9 caps, Tommy Reffell from Leicester Tigers - 9 caps, Justin Tipuric from Ospreys - 93 caps, Aaron Wainwright from Dragons - 37 caps.
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Gareth Davies from Scarlets - 67 caps, Kieran Hardy from Scarlets - 17 caps, Rhys Webb from Ospreys - 40 caps, Tomos Williams from Cardiff Rugby - 45 caps, Gareth Anscombe from Ospreys - 35 caps, Dan Biggar from Toulon - 107 caps, Sam Costelow from Scarlets - 2 caps, Owen Williams from Ospreys - 7 caps, Mason Grady from Cardiff Rugby - 2 caps, Max Llewellyn from Cardiff Rugby –uncapped and George North from Ospreys - 113 caps. For more know about Georgia Rugby World Cup Tickets
Joe Roberts from Scarlets - uncapped, Nick Tompkins from Saracens - 27 caps, Johnny Williams from Scarlets - 5 caps, Keiran Williams from Ospreys - uncapped, Josh Adams from Cardiff Rugby - 49 caps, Alex Cuthbert from Ospreys - 57 caps, Rio Dyer from Dragons - 7 caps, Cai Evans from Ospreysuncapped, Leigh Halfpenny from Scarlets - 99 caps, Louis Rees-Zammit from Gloucester Rugby - 25 caps, Tom Rogers from Scarlets - 2 caps, Liam Williams from Cardiff Rugby - 84 caps.
Georgia Rugby World Cup Squad for 2023
Georgia is heading to their fifth straight RWC since they first qualified in 2003 and will look to build on their best-ever finish in 2015, where they beat Tonga and Namibia rugby teams to finish third. Last year was one to recall for Georgian rugby, as they defeated Tier 1 nations Italy and excellently Wales 13-12 at the Principality Stadium. They have also won the last six Rugby Europe Contests in a row, and the case for them to join the Six Nations lasts to spark intense dispute among rugby fans.
Head coach Levan Maisashvili, who almost died after catching Covid-19 in South Africa in 2021 while on tour with the national team, has been at the helm since 2020 and overseen some unsettled victories for the Lelos. Many Georgian players now play their club rugby in France across the Top 14 and ProD2, counting star winger Davit Niniashvili of Lyon. Georgia has been drawn in Rugby World Cup Pool C together with Australia, Portugal, Fiji and Wales.
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