{"id":3235,"date":"2014-03-14T15:19:05","date_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2014-03-14T15:19:05","modified_gmt":"2014-03-14T15:19:05","slug":"big-push-for-a-home-win-for-wales-v-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/14\/big-push-for-a-home-win-for-wales-v-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Big push for a home win in today&#039;s Wales v Scotland game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3245\" style=\"width: 3264px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_1864.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3245\" alt=\"Team photo during the captain's run today\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_1864.jpg\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3245\" alt=\"Team photo during the captain's run today\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/IMG_1864.jpg\" width=\"3264\" height=\"2448\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Team photo during the captain&#8217;s run today<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Welsh rugby team will be going out all guns blazing\u00a0in today&#8217;s Six Nations clash against Scotland at the Millennium stadium according to defence coach Shaun Edwards.<br \/>\n\u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as a dead rubber game as far as I am concerned,\u201d he said at a press conference after the captain\u2019s run at the Millennium stadium yesterday.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will be\u00a0looking to put in a big performance out there, it\u2019s very important for us to win at home in front of our fans,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3243\" style=\"width: 147px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-14-at-13.41.36.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3243\" alt=\"Defence coach Shaun Edwards at a pre-match conference today\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-14-at-13.41.36.png\" width=\"147\" height=\"170\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3243\" alt=\"Defence coach Shaun Edwards at a pre-match conference today\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-14-at-13.41.36.png\" width=\"147\" height=\"170\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Defence coach Shaun Edwards at a pre-match conference today<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAfter Wales\u2019 disappointing performance against Ireland at the Aviva stadium and England at Twickenham the coach was keen to get the message across that it is best foot forward against Scotland.<br \/>\n\u201cThis is a huge challenge for us, we will be looking for a home win and to finish third in the championship,\u201d he said.\u00a0 \u201cThis will be our last game for a while so a win is very important to us.\u201d<br \/>\nHe conceded the championship so far was difficult for Wales.\u00a0 \u201cIt was a very difficult draw for us, Ireland and England away and one of the main things I have learned from this championship is how many ways there are to concede a try,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe game against England was a case in point.\u00a0 \u201cWe did well to get back into the game but there are just so many ways to concede a try and that is something we have been concentrating on in training,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cWe will be playing attack rugby against Scotland, there is no doubt about that.\u00a0 One of Scotland\u2019s biggest strengths is their ability to keep the ball,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nWales have made six changes to their starting line-up for the game tomorrow (kick off 2.45pm). Three come in the backline with Liam Williams (Scarlets) and Mike Phillips (Racing Metro) in for injured duo Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb, at full-back and scrum-half respectively. Dan Biggar makes his first start of the tournament at fly-half, partnering Phillips at half-back.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3240\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-14-at-13.38.56.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3240 \" alt=\"A captain's stretch - Sam Warburton during the captain's run at the Millennium stadium today\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-14-at-13.38.56.png\" width=\"295\" height=\"285\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3240 \" alt=\"A captain's stretch - Sam Warburton during the captain's run at the Millennium stadium today\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Screen-Shot-2014-03-14-at-13.38.56.png\" width=\"295\" height=\"285\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> A captain&#8217;s stretch &#8211; Sam Warburton during the captain&#8217;s run at the Millennium stadium today<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIn the pack Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues) will become Wales&#8217; most-capped player when he makes his 105<sup>th<\/sup>appearance on Saturday, moving one ahead of Stephen Jones.<br \/>\n\u201cGethin is a very intelligent player,\u201d said Shaun Edwards.\u00a0 \u201cHe is usually the one I go up to at half time, we have a chat about what we need to concentrate on.\u201d<br \/>\nHead coach Warren Gatland will be looking for a result at home in today\u2019s game.<br \/>\n&#8220;Saturday is an opportunity for us to put in a performance we know we can and finish the Six Nations on a high,\u201d\u00a0he said this week.<br \/>\n&#8220;We&#8217;ve made a number of changes and freshened things up with a just a six day turnaround between matches.\u201d<br \/>\nLet\u2019s hope it works and despite disappointment in Dublin and Twickenham Wales will be going for a big performance and the push is now on to be number three in the table.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The Welsh rugby team will be going out all guns blazing\u00a0in today&#8217;s Six Nations clash against Scotland at the Millennium stadium according to defence coach Shaun Edwards. \u201cThere\u2019s no such thing as a dead rubber game as far as I am concerned,\u201d he said at a press conference after the captain\u2019s run at the Millennium stadium yesterday. \u201cWe will be\u00a0looking to put in a big performance out there, it\u2019s very important for us to win at home in front [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":3245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151,4],"tags":[2015,2138,1168],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-3235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby","category-sport","tag-millennium-stadium","tag-shaun-edwards","tag-wales-v-scotland"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Big push for a home win in today&#039;s Wales v Scotland game - The Cardiffian<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/03\/14\/big-push-for-a-home-win-for-wales-v-scotland\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Big push for a home win in today&#039;s Wales v Scotland game - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; 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