They would probably have come out on top 2-0 had they kept 15 players on the pitch in the first game, I don’t think anyone can deny that.
Wales would have been desperate to end the 2021-22 campaign on a high. They didn’t manage to do it, but Wayne should be happy on the whole with how the last 12 months have gone.
I would give Wales a B+ for the season as a whole. It could even be an A – if I’m generous!
With the Covid-19 pandemic we have all been through so much and from a rugby perspective it is hard to remember when one season finished and the next began!
In the last 12 to 18 months following Wales has certainly been like riding a rollercoaster! When the 2020 Six Nations returned after Covid lessened, Wales were poor and lost to Scotland.
They then got even worse and had a shocking Autumn Nations Cup campaign where they beat only Georgia and Italy before rising like a phoenix from the ashes to win the 2021 Six Nations.
Wayne’s men came so close to a Grand Slam, too.
This summer, with their best players with the British & Irish Lions, Wales have looked at the next generation and they have been entirely right to do so.
This story is from the July 18, 2021 edition of The Rugby Paper.
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