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With the domestic rugby tests upon the horizon and some mouth watering matches scheduled to be played out, the question that is on the mind of everyone is whether there is any necessity for a universal playing schedule. The Wales Rugby Team are slated for a tour of Down Under with three test matches against The Wallabies on their itinerary after they have finished their task in Scotland and with the Six Nations champions coming down to Australia is sure to be a hot news for weeks, will they be as strong a side that beat the odds to win the title?
There is no doubt that the Welsh squad will be extremely fit and ready to g moreover, most of the players in the squad have finished their domestic seasons as well with the Harlequins winning the Aviva Premiership, Leinster coming out on top in the European Cup and the Ospreys having secured the Pro 12, the Welsh players will be battle hardened after a long and grueling season. But the question is whether the players of the Wales Rugby Team who play for these teams and some of the other players whose domestic teams have gone the distance in their respective competitions, will have enough gas left in the tank to fight off the charge of The Wallabies.
Although the players of the Australian Rugby Team are no less battered and bruised than their Welsh counterparts, they have not had to endure the 35 week long rigorous season that most of the Welsh players have and the results could all come down to who has enough gas left in the tank.
Rugby is an extremely physical game and with the players of the Wales Rugby Team already having endured a tough year, calls for a universal schedule is getting louder from the neutrals.
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Gavin Henson’s rugby career is in the balance after his sacking from Cardiff Blues for a drunken incident on a flight back from Glasgow at the weekend.
Henson had hoped his swift and full apology would be enough to convince the Blues to give him one more chance but it has proved to be a step too far in a career that has continually be marred by off field issues. No doubt he is a genius on the field but the risks he provides off field seem, finally, to be catching up with him.
Cardiff called an emergency management meeting to discuss Henson’s future and little over six months since he joined the side it was decided he would be sacked with immediate effect. The move to Cardiff had been planned by Henson as a chance to reignite his career and in particular re-launch his international career. Having won two Grand Slams and been on a Lions tour Henson ought to be spoken of solely for his on field achievements but in recent years his brilliance seems to have been almost forgotten. For one of the most naturally talented players to grace the game in recent years there is now some real doubt as to whether he will be able to find a club at all to ply his trade at in the future.
Henson’s career appeared to be heading in the right direction again when he moved to Saracens and then on to Toulon, scoring on his debut in France but his time in France was drawn to a close when he was involved in a drunken scrap with team mates in a French nightclub. These alcohol fuelled incidents have become all too common in Henson’s career and this latest story seemed all too inevitable. If Henson’s career is to ever get back on track he will consider himself incredibly lucky and if given another chance he will have to ensure there are no more high profile drunken incidents.
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