{"id":76431,"date":"2023-03-14T13:08:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T13:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=76431"},"modified":"2023-03-14T16:24:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T16:24:24","slug":"wales-next-generation-the-four-uncapped-players-in-rob-pages-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2023\/03\/14\/wales-next-generation-the-four-uncapped-players-in-rob-pages-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales’ next generation: the four uncapped players in Rob Page’s squad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wales Euro 2024 qualifiers squad includes some new, young faces – find out more about them here<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A NEW era beckons for the Welsh national team with Rob Page making eight changes to the squad from the winter World Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gareth Bale announced his retirement on January 9, before Joe Allen, Chris Gunter and Jonny Williams followed suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With their collective retirements from international duty, Page has lost 228 caps worth of experience from the camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Four other players lost their place from the World Cup squad – Matt Smith, Dylan Levitt and Cardiff City pair Rubin Colwill and Mark Harris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their place, Page has called up four uncapped players – Luke Harris (17), Jordan James (18), Ollie Cooper (23) and Nathan Broadhead (24).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tom Bradshaw (30) will also have the chance to make his first Cymru appearance since 2016. He has three caps to his names.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average age across the squad is 25.7 years old – younger than the World Cup squad, which had an average age at the time of 26.4 years old and was the seventh youngest in Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Luke Harris<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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