{"id":10639,"date":"2016-05-25T13:22:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T13:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=10639"},"modified":"2016-05-25T13:22:04","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T13:22:04","slug":"wales-rugby-coach-mcbryde-urges-players-to-use-twickenham-test-as-stepping-stone-for-all-blacks-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/05\/25\/wales-rugby-coach-mcbryde-urges-players-to-use-twickenham-test-as-stepping-stone-for-all-blacks-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales rugby coach McBryde urges players to use Twickenham test as &#039;stepping stone&#039; for All Blacks tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WALES forwards coach Robin McBryde has urged his side to use Sunday\u2019s test match against England as a \u201cstepping stone to play the world champions\u201d.<br \/>\nWarren Gatland\u2019s Wales fly to New Zealand on Monday for a daunting three-test tour against the All Blacks, which also includes a midweek fixture against the Waikato Chiefs.<br \/>\nWhen Wales last toured the Southern Hemisphere they have been caught cold by the sheer intensity and pace of their hosts.<br \/>\nThis Sunday\u2019s test match against Grand Slam winners England is being seen as a chance to blow away the cobwebs and hit the ground running down under.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10640\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Muckers.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10640\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-10640\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Muckers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Wales forwards coach Robin McBryde looks ahead to summer tests\" width=\"385\" height=\"289\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-10640\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Muckers-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Wales forwards coach Robin McBryde looks ahead to summer tests\" width=\"385\" height=\"289\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <strong>Wales forwards coach Robin McBryde looks ahead to the summer tests in New Zealand<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cThis game has been put in the diary for bigger things and I don\u2019t mean that disrespectfully to England,\u201d said McBryde.<br \/>\n\u201cIt has been put in there as a stepping stone to play the world champions on their own patch and that is the way we are treating the game.<br \/>\n\u201cIt is there for us to have a taste of that intensity, and what better place to go?<br \/>\n\u201cI know there are a number of changes in the England team, but the nucleus of the team that won the Grand Slam is there, they are riding on the crest of a wave, as is Eddie (Jones), and that is going to filter down to the rest of the squad.<br \/>\n\u201cTo go there at this time, you are not going to play in a much better atmosphere to prepare you to go on to New Zealand.\u201d<br \/>\nOn the injury front, squad captain Sam Warburton has been ruled out of Sunday\u2019s game as he is still recovering from a shoulder injury picked up playing for the Blues on Judgement Day.<br \/>\nHowever, influential lock Alun Wyn Jones is set to return from a foot injury.<br \/>\n\u201cAlun Wyn is good, he took a full part in training this morning,\u201d said McBryde.<br \/>\n\u201cThis weekend will be too early for Sam, but he has taken part in everything bar contact work.<br \/>\n&#8220;He is getting much stronger, feeling much better about himself and that is evident in the way he is carrying himself and contributing to the meetings.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Watch our exclusive interview with Wales Online rugby expert Simon Thomas. 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