{"id":18646,"date":"2018-02-02T17:12:57","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T17:12:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/?p=18646"},"modified":"2018-02-06T15:48:13","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T15:48:13","slug":"wales-look-forward-to-six-nations-scotland-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wales-look-forward-to-six-nations-scotland-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales ‘look forward’ to Six Nations Scotland challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wales attack coach Rob Howley says his team are ready for the challenge posed by Scotland in Saturday’s Six Nations opener in Cardiff.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Scotland beat Wales in Murrayfield 29-13 last year but Wales\u00a0have not lost at home against Scotland for 16 years.<\/p>\n

“Under Gregor Townsend, they [Scotland] are playing great rugby – they’ve done particularly well in the autumn,” Howley said.<\/p>\n

“They’ve beaten us last year and they’re favourites coming to Cardiff and we’ll look forward to that.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile head coach Warren Gatland\u00a0said he was happy with the decision to keep the stadium roof closed.<\/p>\n

He said: “It is our stadium and we should decide whether it’s open or closed. It gives us some great atmosphere.”<\/p>\n

The Principality Stadium is expected to be a sell-out with thousands of fans descending on the capital city, with many Scotland fans\u00a0confident ahead of the game.<\/p>\n

David Pagett from Dunfermline said: “It is our best chance in a long long time.<\/p>\n

“I’ve been coming down here for years and never seen Scotland win but I’m pretty confident we’ll win tomorrow.”<\/p>\n

Stephen Campbell from Fife said: “I think we can edge it tomorrow. I’m glad the roof is closed; the atmosphere is going to be absolutely amazing. I’m looking forward to it.”<\/p>\n

He said: “I think Scotland have a great chance tomorrow. I think Scotland are going to win the Six Nations this year!”<\/p>\n

But Wales fan John Harrison from Bedlinog said: “I’m pretty confident. I think it’ll be a tight game. I think it’ll be a battle of fitness in the end.”<\/p>\n

He said injuries could be a problem but “we have enough strength in depth”.<\/p>\n

As usual there will be many road closures in the city centre to accommodate the thousands of people visiting.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Cardiff Council have encouraged rugby fans to cycle to the game<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wales attack coach Rob Howley says his team are ready for the challenge posed by Scotland in Saturday’s Six Nations opener in Cardiff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[744,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18646"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/161"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18646"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18792,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18646\/revisions\/18792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/cjsnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}