{"id":8877,"date":"2016-02-12T17:13:57","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T17:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=8877"},"modified":"2016-02-12T17:13:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-12T17:13:57","slug":"future-welsh-stars-look-to-continue-grand-slam-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/02\/12\/future-welsh-stars-look-to-continue-grand-slam-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"Future Welsh stars look to continue Grand Slam surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WALES Under 20\u2019s face a stern challenge tonight, against a Scottish side buoyed by an opening round victory over reigning champions England.<br \/>\nJason Strange\u2019s side will also go into tonight\u2019s fixture full of confidence following an impressive 24-35 away victory against Ireland.<br \/>\nDespite a strong start to their campaign, former Newport and Bristol outside half Strange was clear that Wales will need an improved defensive performance to emerge victorious.<br \/>\n\u201cWe&#8217;ll certainly need to put in a better performance to get the result,\u201d warned Strange.<br \/>\n\u201cWe know our core skills and contact area need to get better. If we do that we should do OK.<br \/>\n\u201cAlthough we have looked at Scotland\u2019s game, it\u2019s important we concentrate on our own performance.\u201d<br \/>\nOne player set to play a key role in tonight\u2019s encounter is Cardiff Blues centre Harri Millard.<br \/>\nMillard, who has been turning out for Pontypridd in the Welsh Premiership, was optimistic over Wales\u2019 prospects.<br \/>\n\u201cI think there\u2019s plenty to work on, but to come away with a win out in Ireland on their home patch is phenomenal,\u201d said the 19-year-old.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was a huge win because in any game you want to win your first game of the tournament to get momentum into the second game.<br \/>\n\u201cOur performance was okay, we have a lot of things to work on but to have a win out there is great for us.\u201d<br \/>\nMillard singled out Scarlets outside half Daniel Jones as a key player for his side.<br \/>\n\u201cYes, it\u2019s great to have a ten like that. Dan Jones he\u2019s phenomenal &#8211; he\u2019s a good defensive ten as well, so you can trust him.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m playing 12 this week so I can trust him on my inside, so I\u2019m looking forward to playing with him.<br \/>\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"coach\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ypiuyW2TIRI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"coach\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ypiuyW2TIRI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALES Under 20\u2019s face a stern challenge tonight, against a Scottish side buoyed by an opening round victory over reigning champions England. 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Despite a strong start to their campaign, former Newport and Bristol outside half Strange was clear that Wales will need an improved defensive performance to emerge victorious. \u201cWe&#8217;ll certainly need to put in a better performance to get [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":0,"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],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-8877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rugby"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Future Welsh stars look to continue Grand Slam surge - 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\/2016\/02\/12\/future-welsh-stars-look-to-continue-grand-slam-surge\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Future Welsh stars look to continue Grand Slam surge - The Cardiffian\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"WALES Under 20\u2019s face a stern challenge tonight, against a Scottish side buoyed by an opening round victory over reigning champions England. 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