{"id":9280,"date":"2016-02-24T11:23:15","date_gmt":"2016-02-24T11:23:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=9280"},"modified":"2016-02-24T11:23:15","modified_gmt":"2016-02-24T11:23:15","slug":"wales-prop-lee-looks-to-put-the-heat-on-french-scrum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/02\/24\/wales-prop-lee-looks-to-put-the-heat-on-french-scrum\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales prop Lee looks to put the heat on French scrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WALES tight-head prop Samson Lee has spoken of his delight at Scarlets teammate Rob Evans\u2019 international rise.<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s nice to get Rob involved, especially from playing with him in the Junior World Cup, and with the Scarlets,\u201d said the 23-year-old.<br \/>\n\u201cMe and Rob have been together for a long time, and it\u2019s just nice to be playing with him.\u201d<br \/>\nThe Scarlets props go back a long way, having played with and against each other since they were teenagers.<br \/>\nThe prop pairing came to prominence after dismantling a highly rated junior All Blacks scrum, in Wales\u2019 first victory over the All Blacks in the Junior World Championship.<br \/>\n&#8220;The first time me and Rob played against each other was under 16\u2019s&#8221;, recalls the 23-year-old.<br \/>\n\u201cIt was at West Wales we played together for the districts and we came through the academy together.<br \/>\n\u201cWe are quite good mates.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9284\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9284\" style=\"width: 337px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Samson-Lee-official-pic.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9284\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9284\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Samson-Lee-official-pic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Samson Lee vows to show his strength on Friday\" width=\"337\" height=\"337\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9284\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Samson-Lee-official-pic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Samson Lee vows to show his strength on Friday\" width=\"337\" height=\"337\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Samson Lee vows to show his strength on Friday<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHowever, things haven\u2019t always gone so well for the Felinfoel product, with the powerful scrummager snapping his achilles in last season\u2019s championship.<br \/>\nSuch is the importance of the 115kg tight-head prop to Wales\u2019 cause, he was rushed back sooner than expected for the World Cup.<br \/>\nDespite making the World Cup, Lee was understandably below par leading to question marks over his form leading into this Six Nations.<br \/>\n\u201cThe achilles feels back to normal,\u201d he said.<br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019ve been working on a lot of rehab, calf strength and stuff so, I feel much better now.<br \/>\n\u201cI knew it was going to be tough getting back from such a big injury, but I kept on working on my calf strength, and the power in it feels back to normal.<br \/>\n\u201cYou\u2019re obviously going to lose bulk and strength from your calf after having a snapped achilles, but that\u2019s the big thing getting the strength and bulk back in the calf.<br \/>\n\u201cI think it was about two-three inches off my calf.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cThat was one of my biggest worries, how can I get the strength back in my calf.\u201d<br \/>\nThe first two Six Nations encounters have dispelled any preconceived worries over Lee\u2019s scrummaging strength, with the Welsh scrum back to its destructive best.<br \/>\nHe said: \u201cThe first two weeks of our campaign our scrum has gone well, the one that\u2019s started and the one that\u2019s come off the bench.<br \/>\n\u201c So I don\u2019t see why we can\u2019t put up another good performance against the French.<br \/>\n\u201cI thought we did pretty well for the first two games, and hopefully we can take it into this week and build on it from there really.<br \/>\n\u201cPretty much you\u2019ve just got to concentrate on what you\u2019ve done well all through the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALES tight-head prop Samson Lee has spoken of his delight at Scarlets teammate Rob Evans\u2019 international rise. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to get Rob involved, especially from playing with him in the Junior World Cup, and with the Scarlets,\u201d said the 23-year-old. \u201cMe and Rob have been together for a long time, and it\u2019s just nice to be playing with him.\u201d The Scarlets props go back a long way, having played with and against each other since they were teenagers. 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