{"id":17818,"date":"2017-02-24T13:03:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T13:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=17818"},"modified":"2017-02-24T13:03:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-24T13:03:58","slug":"wales-prepare-expect-unexpected-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/24\/wales-prepare-expect-unexpected-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales prepare to expect the unexpected in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DESPITE\u00a0Wales\u2019 near-decade long winning streak over the Scots, Captain Alun Wyn Jones would not underestimate Saturday\u2019s side at Thursday\u2019s press conference. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s a different Scotland team to what we have seen before,\u201d said Jones. \u201cWe have to expect the unexpected. If you look at the packs, there\u2019s a good balance.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17823\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17823\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17823\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Wales Captain Alun Wyn Jones\" width=\"960\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17823\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Wales Captain Alun Wyn Jones\" width=\"960\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHAWJ.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Wales Captain Alun Wyn Jones<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wales\u2019 head coach Robert Howley however had a plan. \u201cThey\u2019ll be looking to work hard off the ball. Scotland have made changes at eight and nine and there is no better place to target that than at the scrum. I think that it is just making sure you control the game and do well at what we are good at.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe record puts more pressure on us not on them,\u201d quipped No 8 Ross Moriarty. \u201cWe\u2019ll be bringing our best game, we\u2019ve been training very hard for it.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Blindside flanker Sam Warburton admitted he\u2019d pushed himself hard in his previous performance. \u201cI was battered after the England game. I said to the boys the Tuesday after that game I couldn\u2019t even face doing a line-out lift. We were rewarded with less hard training than usual last week!\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Howley was disappointed with the outcome of some of his decisions made during the game. In particular, he faces criticism for replacing Moriarty, who was lauded for his eye-watering tackles against England, for Taulupe Faletau in the 53rd minute. The decision to take off Rhys Webb in the 65th minute was also slated by the public. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe spoke this week, and we were disappointed with the impact of our bench against England. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;When you make changes you expect to see the impact, and we felt that at the time we made the right decisions.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe asked our players to empty the tank, and they did. We needed fresh pairs of legs by the end of the game.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Moriarty himself was deferential to his more experienced replacement. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cToby [Faletau] is a world-class eight and I feel that I have given everything for my place in the squad.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI felt that was one of the best games I\u2019ve ever played. Against England, I didn\u2019t give anyone anything to complain about.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17824\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17824\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17824\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Head Coach Rob Howley\" width=\"960\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17824\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-1024x766.jpg\" alt=\"Head Coach Rob Howley\" width=\"960\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-770x576.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JHRH.jpg 1027w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Head Coach Rob Howley<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Howley was in agreement. \u201cThere is another level to Ross. He\u2019s shown great skill and work-rate.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When asked about a highlight reel of his greatest hits circling after the match, Moriarty grinned. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s what you always want to do, even for your local team, when you smash into someone \u2026 your friends and the crowd go mad. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThat\u2019s why it was nice going up against [former teammate Maro Itoje]. The only chance I ever got to hit him in the past was in training so it was nice to do it in the game.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jones could not be drawn on his view of the performance against England. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;It\u2019s my job to look forward and not at the past. We started in the vein we wanted to against England.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Warburton, who had served Wales as captain for five years, joked about how much less pressure he was facing after relinquishing the armband.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt was definitely the right decision. It feels a bit like \u2026 you know that episode of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friends<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, where Rachel loses her stressful job and ends up much happier for it? Like that.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He paused. \u201cWe do things deliberately to take our minds off the Six Nations. When we go on away trips we spend hours watching boxsets.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou know if you\u2019re captain that it is a massive call to drop the armband. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI genuinely wanted to drop the captaincy because, sometimes, you need to go on the pitch not knowing whether you\u2019re playing the next game. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThat\u2019s what drives me every week.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s the toughest back row selection I\u2019ve ever been involved in. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYou really do know if you fall below your 90% level, then you\u2019ll go down to the bench or maybe not even play at all.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI think it\u2019s had a positive effect on me. During the first two weeks I felt I needed to prove myself again, which is exactly what I wanted. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere aren\u2019t a lot of changes day to day. I can contribute as much now as I did before.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDo I ever see myself picking the captaincy back up again? Well, if Alun Wyn was injured for whatever reason, I haven\u2019t even thought about who they might ask. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAt the moment I\u2019m enjoying not doing it. If it was the best decision for the team then I would.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alun Wyn Jones himself was nonplussed about the role of captaincy. \u201cThe pitch is the same size and the ball is the same shape. 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