Originally Posted by
Rjk
I don't buy that at all. tosh was a disaster.
he allowed our ranking to fall so low that it was basically impossible to qualify, probably for a couple of tournaments after he'd finished.
yes he played younger players, mostly because he'd alienated so many of the senior players that he didn't have anyone else to pick.
the fact that some of those players have gone on to be really good has probably got very little to do with being picked early for Toshacks Wales.
if you had to attribute their development as players between club and country setups I'd say it was probably at least 95% club. the few times a year they went to play for a shite Wales team won't bhave don't much to change them as players