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Forwards<\/p>\n

Keiron Assiratti (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 19 caps)<\/p>\n

Rhys Barratt (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 uncapped \/ heb gap)<\/p>\n

Adam Beard (Montpellier \u2013 65 caps)<\/p>\n

Liam Belcher (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 5 caps)<\/p>\n

James Botham (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 21 caps)<\/p>\n

Rhys Carre (Saracens \/ Saraseniaid \u2013 28 caps)<\/p>\n

Ben Carter (Dragons \/ Dreigiau \u2013 19 caps)<\/p>\n

Olly Cracknell (Leicester Tigers \/ Caerl\u0177r \u2013 5 caps)<\/p>\n

Ryan Elias (Scarlets \u2013 48 caps)<\/p>\n

Kane James (Exeter Chiefs \/ Caerwysg \u2013 uncapped \/ heb gap)<\/p>\n

Dafydd Jenkins (Exeter Chiefs \/ Caerwysg \u2013 31 caps)<\/p>\n

Harrison Keddie (Dragons \/ Dreigiau \u2013 uncapped \/ heb gap)<\/p>\n

Dewi Lake (Ospreys \/ Gweilch \u2013 31 caps)<\/p>\n

Dillon Lewis (Dragons \/ Dreigiau \u2013 57 caps)<\/p>\n

Evan Lloyd (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 8 caps)<\/p>\n

Alex Mann (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 16 caps)<\/p>\n

Jac Morgan (Ospreys \/ Gweilch \u2013 24 caps)<\/p>\n

Taine Plumtree (Scarlets \u2013 14 caps)<\/p>\n

Tommy Reffell (Leicester Tigers \/ Caerl\u0177r \u2013 29 caps)<\/p>\n

Nicky Smith (Leicester Tigers \/ Caerl\u0177r \u2013 63 caps)<\/p>\n

Gareth Thomas (Ospreys \/ Gweilch \u2013 44 caps)<\/p>\n

Freddie Thomas (Gloucester Rugby \/ Caerloyw \u2013 8 caps)<\/p>\n

Aaron Wainwright (Dragons \/ Dreigiau \u2013 67 caps)<\/p>\n

Sam Wainwright (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 4 caps)<\/p>\n

Ben Warren (Ospreys \/ Gweilch \u2013 uncapped \/ heb gap)<\/p>\n

Teddy Williams (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 8 caps)<\/p>\n

Ryan Woodman (Dragons \/ Dreigiau \u2013 uncapped \/ heb gap)<\/p>\n

Backs<\/p>\n

Josh Adams (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 70 caps)<\/p>\n

Ellis Bevan (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 6 caps)<\/p>\n

Bryn Bradley (Harlequins \u2013 uncapped \/ heb gap)<\/p>\n

Sam Costelow (Scarlets \u2013 20 caps)<\/p>\n

Dan Edwards (Ospreys \/ Gweilch \u2013 11 caps)<\/p>\n

Jarrod Evans (Harlequins \u2013 17 caps)<\/p>\n

Mason Grady (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 17 caps)<\/p>\n

Kieran Hardy (Ospreys \/ Gweilch \u2013 31 caps)<\/p>\n

Gabriel Hamer-Webb (Leicester Tigers \/ Caerl\u0177r \u2013 1 cap)<\/p>\n

Joe Hawkins (Scarlets \u2013 11 caps)<\/p>\n

Louie Hennessey (Bath Rugby \/ Caerfaddon \u2013 1 cap)<\/p>\n

Eddie James (Scarlets \u2013 9 caps)<\/p>\n

Max Llewellyn (Gloucester Rugby \/ Caerloyw \u2013 11 caps)<\/p>\n

Ellis Mee (Scarlets \u2013 8 caps)<\/p>\n

Reuben Morgan-Williams (Ospreys \/ Gweilch \u2013 2 caps)<\/p>\n

Blair Murray (Scarlets \u2013 16 caps)<\/p>\n

Louis Rees-Zammit (Bristol Bears \/ Bryste \u2013 40 caps)<\/p>\n

Joe Roberts (Scarlets \u2013 7 caps)<\/p>\n

Tom Rogers (Scarlets \u2013 13 caps)<\/p>\n

Ben Thomas (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 18 caps)<\/p>\n

Tomos Williams (Gloucester Rugby \/ Caerloyw \u2013 72 caps)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Forwards Keiron Assiratti (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 19 caps) Rhys Barratt (Cardiff Rugby \/ Caerdydd \u2013 uncapped…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":578170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,11537,56,54,55,9015,9051],"class_list":["post-578169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-steve-tandy","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wales-rugby-team","tag-welsh-rugby-union"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=578169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/578169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/578170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=578169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=578169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=578169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}