6 Warriors make Welsh Tour Squad

By Zippy
May 17 2004

6 Warriors have made Mike Ruddock's 1st Welsh Squad to tour South Africa and Argentina. Ruddock has opted for youth and form players in an injury hit squad. For details read on.

The Warriors included in the squad are:

Sonny Parker, Ceri Sweeney, Gethin Jenkins, Mefin Davies, Brent Cockbain and Deniol Jones.

All regulars apart from Deniol who is a surprise to me after some shaky performances at the start of the season. He has recovered well though.

Those who miss out through injury are Robert Sidoli, Gareth Cooper and Kevin Morgan.

Those who can feel hard done by include Richard Parks and Jon Bryant who had great seasons with the Warriors.

Alfie is included and it seems odd to see Toulouse next to his name, doesn't it?

Wales squad

Backs: G Thomas (Toulouse), R Williams (Cardiff Blues), B Davies (Llanelli Scarlets), S Williams (Neath-Swansea Ospreys), N Brew (Newport Gwent Dragons), C Morgan (Cardiff Blues), S Parker (Celtic Warriors), T Shanklin (Cardiff Blues), H Luscombe (Newport Gwent Dragons), G Henson (Neath-Swansea Ospreys), C Sweeney (Celtic Warriors), N Robinson (Cardiff Blues), D Peel (Llanelli Scarlets), M Phillips (Llanelli Scarlets), A Williams (Neath-Swansea Ospreys).

Forwards: I Thomas (Llanelli Scarlets), G Jenkins (Celtic Warriors), A Jones (Neath-Swansea Ospreys), D Jones (Neath-Swansea Ospreys), D Morris (Leicester), M Davies (Celtic Warriors), H Bennett (Neath-Swansea Ospreys), S Jones (Newport Gwent Dragons), B Cockbain (Celtic Warriors), Deiniol Jones (Celtic Warriors), G Llewellyn (Swansea), P Sidoli (Newport Gwent Dragons), Dafydd Jones (Llanelli Scarlets), J Thomas (Neath-Swansea Ospreys), J Forster (Newport Gwent Dragons), A Popham (Leeds), C Charvis (Tarbes, capt), M Owen (Newport Gwent Dragons).