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He made specific reference to Dafydd Jenkins, saying the new captain had led well from the front and spoken very well throughout the week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have been massively impressed with the young boys coming through,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on where Wales missed out against Scotland, he said the team needs to make sure they deliver from the first minute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North suggested that the young team might have got caught in the emotion of the day and that they need to learn that lesson fast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have got to get a performance and a result,\u201d said North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe weren\u2019t good enough for the first 40 minutes and we don\u2019t want to be there again.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>His 50<sup>th<\/sup> cap and future<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the week of his 50<sup>th<\/sup> cap, North was keen to stress that he is not the oldest in the team; he&#8217;s the second oldest with Gareth Davies topping the list, aged 33.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the elder statesman admits that he sometimes finds communicating with the younger players tricky nowadays. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe biggest difference is they communicate via Snapchat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>North has racked up 118 caps for Wales &#8211; and three appearances for the British and Irish Lions &#8211;  but despite his incredible experience his drive to play for his country has never changed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His current focus is on getting through this year\u2019s Six Nations, before he contemplates his international future ahead of a move to French second-tier side Provence next season. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure a few fair people would\u2019ve said I should finish a few years ago,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George North will play his 50th Six Nations game against England tomorrow, becoming only the fifth Welshman to do so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1035,"featured_media":82265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[1018,241,154,328,339],"coauthors":[8534],"class_list":["post-82260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-sport","tag-england-rugby","tag-george-north","tag-rugby-2","tag-six-nations","tag-wales"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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