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New Zealand Schools wing one of two uncapped picks in 35-man Wales squad

Henry Immelman of Vodacom Bulls tackles Blair Murray of Scarlets during the United Rugby Championship match between the Scarlets and Vodacom Bulls at Parc y Scarlets on October 18, 2024 in Llanelli, Wales. (Photo by Athena Pictures/Getty Images)

Warren Gatland has named former New Zealand Schools wing Blair Murray in his 35-man squad for the Autumn Nations Series.

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The 23-year-old joined the Scarlets from Canterbury over the summer, and is one of two debutants in the squad alongside Gloucester lock Freddie Thomas, who has four other clubmates in the squad.

Wales take on Fiji, Australia and world champions South Africa in November, as they hunt for their first win over a Test side since last year’s World Cup.

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    The squad will feature flanker Jac Morgan for the first time in 2024, who has overcome a knee injury that ruled him out of the Six Nations and a hamstring injury that prevented him from travelling to Australia.

    The 24-year-old captained Wales at the World Cup last year alongside Dewi Lake, and his absence has been felt during Wales’ losing run. The captaincy will not be shared on this occasion, with Lake leading the side on his own.

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    Gatland will be without one of his stand-in skippers Dafydd Jenkins throughout the autumn campaign though. The lock deputised as captain for Morgan and Lake, who both missed this year’s Six Nations. The Exeter Chiefs star is one of a number of stalwarts who will be absent, including Josh Adams, Taulupe Faletau and Elliot Dee.

    Former England U20 representative Thomas is joined by nine other Gallagher Premiership players – Tomos Williams, Gareth Anscombe, Max Llewellyn and Josh Hathaway from Gloucester, Nicky Smith and Tommy Reffell from Leicester Tigers, Nick Tompkins from Saracens, Christ Tshiunza from Exeter Chiefs and Archie Griffin from Bath.

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    “The coaches and I can’t wait to get started for this Autumn Nations Series and having the players back in camp next Monday to begin preparations for our first game against Fiji,” Gatland said.

    “We feel this is an exciting squad with some experience coming back to join the younger players. We know they are going to work incredibly hard as a group this November.

    “We have three very different opposition in Fiji, Australia and South Africa, but are looking forward to the challenges that each will pose.

    “The autumn campaign is always special because we have back-to-back matches at home each weekend and there is no better place to go and play than Principality Stadium with all the passion and energy of our incredible fans.

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    “I thought Dewi did a really good job with the captaincy over the summer, so we’ve decided for him to continue in the role this autumn.”

    Wales squad 2024 Autumn Nations Series
    Forwards (19)
    Keiron Assiratti (Cardiff Rugby – 7 caps)
    Adam Beard (Ospreys – 56 caps)
    James Botham (Cardiff Rugby – 13 caps)
    Ben Carter (Dragons – 12 caps)
    Ryan Elias (Scarlets – 41 caps)
    Archie Griffin (Bath Rugby – 3 caps)
    Dewi Lake (Ospreys – 15 caps) Captain
    Evan Lloyd (Cardiff Rugby – 5 caps)
    Kemsley Mathias (Scarlets – 4 caps)
    Jac Morgan (Ospreys – 15 caps)
    Taine Plumtree (Scarlets – 5 caps)
    Tommy Reffell (Leicester Tigers – 20 caps)
    Will Rowlands (Racing 92 – 33 caps)
    Nicky Smith (Leicester Tigers – 46 caps)
    Gareth Thomas (Ospreys – 33 caps)
    Freddie Thomas (Gloucester Rugby – uncapped)
    Henry Thomas (Scarlets – 4 caps)
    Christ Tshiunza (Exeter Chiefs – 12 caps)
    Aaron Wainwright (Dragons – 50 caps)

    Backs (16)
    Gareth Anscombe (Gloucester Rugby – 37 caps)
    Ellis Bevan (Cardiff Rugby – 3 caps)
    Sam Costelow (Scarlets – 15 caps)
    Rio Dyer (Dragons – 22 caps)
    Mason Grady (Cardiff Rugby – 14 caps)
    Josh Hathaway (Gloucester Rugby – 1 cap)
    Eddie James (Scarlets – 1 cap)
    Max Llewellyn (Gloucester Rugby – 1 cap)
    Blair Murray (Scarlets – uncapped)
    Tom Rogers (Scarlets – 4 caps)
    Ben Thomas (Cardiff Rugby – 4 caps)
    Nick Tompkins (Saracens – 38 caps)
    Owen Watkin (Ospreys – 41 caps)
    Rhodri Williams (Dragons – 3 caps)
    Tomos Williams (Gloucester Rugby – 58 caps)
    Cameron Winnett (Cardiff Rugby – 7 caps)

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    JW 123 days ago

    Hows Taine been? Looked like a good player in SR but had repetitive mistake ridden performances. Has he looked comfortable in URC?

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    JW 1 hour ago
    Where is the new breed of All Black 10?

    Players like Prendergast and Finn Smith already have a few seasons at top club level under their belt and are now test players, at an age when NZ players make their debuts in SR.

    That’s just a difference in standards. You’re confusing SR for being their local domestic comps, where it’s more accurately comparable to Champions Cup, apart from that teams are happy to throw games as it’s in a bit of a limbo in terms of importance atm.


    All these kids have been playing for a comparable NPC team for years now. Sam is no where near ready for tests but he has a great temperament, much like Sextons, that makes it a good choice to speed up his development. He wasn’t even a comparable Super Rugby starter before playing for Ireland, so not a great comparison.


    Fin would be much better example, but then England don’t have 3 world class Test tens in front of him (not that I’d put Beauden their but obviously in terms of young NZ players chances, he is). Would he otherwise have debuted at the same age as Fergus Burke (injury and leaving withstanding), around 24, a couple of years later? England also aren’t as pedantic to who they give jerseys to, in NZ a test jersey is very hard earned for the most part.


    In general I think the effects are as you say, but the only difference is the money involved, as you yourself said, their paths are just as all over the show being loaned out playing for clubs etc. My solution to that, and what you perceive as the problem, would be to introduce university football that utilitizes the large investment they have into high performance sport.

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