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Former Wales skipper Alun Wyn Jones (Image: Huw Evans Picture Agency Ltd)<\/p>\nThe latest headlines from Wales and around the worldFormer Wales skipper Alun Wyn Jones (Image: Huw Evans Picture Agency Ltd)<\/p>\n
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Alun Wyn Jones identifies two unlucky Wales stars<\/p>\n
Wales legend Alun Wyn Jones has identified the two Welsh internationals he believes were unlucky to miss out on being selected for the British & Irish Lions by Andy Farrell. The former lock appeared as a guest on the latest episode of The Good, The Bad and The Rugby <\/a>when he was asked about Wales’ representation on tour, which is the lowest in over 90 years with just Tomos Williams and Jac Morgan flying the flag Down Under.<\/p>\n However, Jones believes that two other Welsh internationals were unlucky not to be included by Farrell, who selected a team dominated by Ireland and England stars. Sign up to Inside Welsh rugby on Substack to get exclusive news stories and insight from behind the scenes in Welsh rugby.<\/a><\/p>\n “Toby (Taulupe Faletau) has come back into a little bit of form, on the experience side of things,” he said. “I should imagine he was in the conversation, I could be completely wrong.<\/p>\n “Blair Murray, you look at the way he\u2019s played in those last two or three games for Wales, and he\u2019s shown it for the Scarlets<\/a>, when he gets it right, he\u2019s actually unplayable. Despite his stature, he is still good in the air, beating defenders, so I definitely thought those two would have been in there.”<\/p>\n Asked for his thoughts on the low number of Welshmen involved, the former Wales skipper added: “It is a sort of benchmark for where Welsh rugby is. It\u2019s the lowest representation since inception. But I\u2019m pleased for Jac and Tom to be flying the flag.<\/p>\n “Jac has been Mr. Consistent domestically and internationally. Tom is [the Gallagher Premiership] player of the season. I think it shows how well Jac is playing when your domestic team is going all right but your international team is struggling.<\/p>\n “It shows how well he is playing amongst the mire, to get selected and rightly so. Tom hopefully can carry on in a similar vein.<\/p>\n “I\u2019m just excited to see how they come back after the tour – what they\u2019ve learned, the people they\u2019ve been around, the experience – because going on tour grows you,” he continued.<\/p>\n “You learn off people, you know a little bit more about them when you\u2019re coming up against them, so I\u2019m excited to see what they learn and hopefully they can get a Test spot on the way.”<\/p>\n Welsh players put through brutal sessions<\/p>\n Wales Women head coach Sean Lynn is putting his side through a brutal pre-season as he looks to turn things around in time for the Women’s Rugby World Cup<\/a> in England later this summer.<\/p>\n The former Gloucester-Hartpury boss made no secret of the fact that he thought his players were lacking the required fitness as they slumped to a winless Women’s Six Nations<\/a> campaign and a second successive tournament wooden spoon earlier this year.<\/p>\n After a disappointing first campaign in charge of the national team, Lynn vowed to change things up and push his players hard, and he is delivering on his promises ahead of Wales’ two-Test tour to Australia next month, which comes just weeks before the start of their World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n The head coach’s extended training squad have put through their paces since reporting for testing at the start of the month, with the infamous bronco run fitness test among the sessions they have undertaken.<\/p>\n Last week, they also had their fitness tested on Wales’ largest sand dune at Merthyr Mawr, in a bid to make them able to handle the brand of rugby that Lynn has planned for them.<\/p>\n