Newport Gwent Dragons have had 2 players named in Wales’ Squad to travel to Poland for the RBS 6 Nations training camp.
Toby Faletau and Danny Lydiate are both included after some fine performances for the Dragons over the last few weeks.
Wales Head Coach Warren Gatland named a 35 man squad largely composed of the majority of his much hailed Rugby World Cup side and is captained by Sam Warburton.
The squad is set to be reduced again after Wales return from an intense seven-day period at the specialist training camp which utilizes cryotherapy chambers to improve recovery and allow players to cram more training sessions into a given day.
But Gatland is confident he has the right blend of youth, talent and experience to mount a highly credible challenge on the 2012 RBS 6 Nations title next month, which begins with a Celtic double header against Ireland, away, and Scotland, at home at the Millennium Stadium, on the first two weekends in February.
“We have had to strike a balance with this squad, the majority are those players who excelled for Wales during the Rugby World Cup, but are also taking the opportunity to look at one or two youngsters before probably cutting our numbers even further before the start of the RBS 6 Nations.”
“These are exciting times for Welsh rugby, we showed a huge amount of potential at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand and we will be working as hard as humanly possible to ensure that we reach our potential in this year’s 6 Nations championship.”
BACKS
Mike PHILLIPS (BAYONNE)
Lloyd WILLIAMS (CARDIFF BLUES)
Rhys WEBB (OSPREYS)
Rhys PRIESTLAND (SCARLETS)
James HOOK (PERPIGNAN)
Jamie ROBERTS (CARDIFF BLUES)
Jonathan DAVIES (SCARLETS)
Scott WILLIAMS (SCARLETS)
Gavin HENSON (CARDIFF BLUES)
Ashley BECK (OSPREYS – Uncapped)
George NORTH (SCARLETS)
Leigh HALFPENNY (CARDIFF BLUES)
Alex CUTHBERT (CARDIFF BLUES)
Harry ROBINSON (CARDIFF BLUES)
Liam WILLIAMS (SCARLETS – Uncapped)
Lee BYRNE (ASM CLERMONT AUVERGNE)
FORWARDS
Craig MITCHELL (EXETER CHIEFS)
Adam JONES (OSPREYS)
Ryan BEVINGTON (OSPREYS)
Gethin JENKINS (CARDIFF BLUES)
Paul JAMES (OSPREYS)
Rhys GILL (SARACENS)
Rhodri JONES (SCARLETS – Uncapped)
Matthew REES (SCARLETS)
Huw BENNETT (OSPREYS)
Ken OWENS (SCARLETS)
Bradley DAVIES (BLUES)
Ian EVANS (OSPREYS)
Lou REED (SCARLETS – Uncapped)
Ryan JONES (OSPREYS)
Dan LYDIATE (NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS)
Sam WARBURTON (CARDIFF BLUES, CAPTAIN)
Justin TIPURIC (OSPREYS)
Toby FALETAU (NEWPORT GWENT DRAGONS)
Andy POWELL (SALE SHARKS)
