Wales rugby team vs Ireland LIVE updates as Wayne Pivac names side for Six Nations clash
Ross Moriarty and Nick Tompkins helped England win a World Cup - but their sights are now set on Welsh Six Nations glory after an unlikely reunion.
Plucked from the Gallagher Premiership by new Wales head coach Wayne Pivac - via qualification, courtesy of Tompkins’ Wrexham-born grandmother - he made a scintillating debut against Italy last weekend. “Nick will take confidence from that, although we know that it will be a different sort of challenge in Ireland. “I did Under-18s with him first, and then in my second year with the 20s Nick was in. He was the same then - very agile, very fast, with great skills.If Pivac opts for Tompkins, then it seems likely that George North will revert back to the wing instead of Johnny McNicholl, and that could be the sum total of any changes.
Moriarty added: “We had a good start, but there are a lot of things that we’ve got to work on in quite a few areas of the game. “It’s the same sort of atmosphere. We know what we have got to do to keep the crowd quiet and keep their team quiet.
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