{"id":17459,"date":"2017-02-17T15:46:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T15:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=17459"},"modified":"2017-02-17T15:46:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T15:46:33","slug":"welsh-pack-will-look-dominate-edinburgh-next-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/17\/welsh-pack-will-look-dominate-edinburgh-next-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh pack will look to dominate in Edinburgh next week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WALES\u2019s pack will be relishing the opportunity to take on a Scotland side who have struggled to match the physicality of forwards in the Six Nations.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During last week\u2019s 22-16 defeat to France, the Scottish scrum conceded six penalties which gifted the French 15 points from the boot of fly-half Camille Lopez. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wales\u2019s forwards\u2019 coach Robin McBryde said: \u201cThe breakdown is always a keenly contested area. I\u2019m not sure Scotland will change the way they play, I know they have a few injury concerns.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wales only lost one scrum on their own put in during their 21-16 home defeat to England, and their pack went toe-to-toe with that of the second best team in the world.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One of the key figures in the Welsh pack against England was their number eight Ross Moriarty. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHe can go a lot further in his career I have no doubt, he has come on leaps and bounds, and last Saturday was evidence of how effective he can be, both with and without the ball,\u201d said McBryde. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cRoss is playing in a little bit of an unfamiliar position for him at number eight, but he is going to go on to bigger and bigger things.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Another key member of the Welsh pack during this Six Nations has been second row Jake Ball. Ball made more runs than any Welsh player against England, with the exception of his second-row partner Alun Wyn Jones who made one more.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Looking at the prospect of facing brothers Jonny and Richie Gray in the Scottish pack next week, Ball said: \u201cIt is another exciting challenge. They contribute all around the park, line outs, carries, tackles, they work as a combo. It will be exciting to play against them if I am selected.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ball\u2019s uncertainty of selection will in part be due to the recovery of 71-cap Luke Charteris. The 6ft 9in second row is coming back into contention after missing the first two games with a fractured hand.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Forwards\u2019 coach McBryde said: \u201cLuke is back up and running. 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