George North and Ross Moriarty free for Wales tour
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George North and Ross Moriarty are free to go on Wales' summer tour, says backs coach Rob Howley.
Fellow English-based players Luke Charteris, Tomas Francis and Josh Adams were withdrawn from the trip after the English clubs enforced World Rugby rules over Test match windows.
Wales face South Africa and then Argentina twice in June.
Howley confirmed: "North and Moriarty are available for selection for all three games and will be playing."
The Test between Wales and the Springboks takes place on 2 June, outside the global dates in World Rugby's calendar.
Clubs based outside Wales are under no obligation to release players for games that fall outside those dates.
The Welsh Rugby Union has an agreement with Wales' four regions to ensure their players are available to the national team.
North is joining Ospreys from Northampton for 2018-19 while Moriarty is Dragons-bound from Gloucester.
Saints have been involved in talks aimed at releasing North early from his contract to make the tour.
Moriarty's new boss at Dragons, Bernard Jackman, did not expect any issues over the player's availability.
However, Charteris, Francis and Adams were replaced by Aaron Wainwright, Rhodri Jones and Ashton Hewitt respectively for the trip.
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George North should be allowed to rest over the summer in order to
recover fully from his recurrent head injuries. Poor player management.
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Try telling North that... with HP, LW and Steff Evans, George is fighting for his starting place. That's why he is being tried out at centre also.
He deserves the chance to regain the form and win his shirt back.
Its not, as you imply, Wales breaking any agreements. To build a team Wales need games. Eng are also playing outside the window - but their players are being released by the English clubs!
The refusal of the RFU and AP to release Welsh players for the Wales tour even AFTER THE PLAYING SEASON HAS FINISHED! is a disgrace.
The WRU knew exactly what they were doing. Which was to send out a message. "Play for Wales, or play in the Premiership, the choice is yours".
It might backfire, but I doubt it.
Pathetic insecure troll.
I thought you were half Japanese and half Australian Eddie but I suppose you convert enough players into english you might as wel be an english nationalist (small'e') youself
I've just been reading your hys history.
A Gooner and a serial troll with no interest in rugby unless the thread involves Sco or Wal.
As for your opinions around M&S. A bit anal but each to their own.
You're fun reading, btw. So much anger and pain.
Perhaps but maybe to a lesser extent as players leaving Wales with under 60 caps will no longer be considered. Also makes you wonder if players are still insisting on the release clauses in their contracts.
As for Wales not paying RFU, I fully support them. You want to keep your best talent in Wales and that wouldn't be conducive to it.
I like the look of Wainwright too, reminds me of a young Arron Shingler
The English Club game has always done this, look how its stopped players playing in world cups in the past, just to feather their own nests.
Rightly or wrongly English teams have the right to say no, I believe they can play the game but wru want them in the week to train.
Everything is not racist these days.
Stop jumping to race card snow flake.
Maybe it is just the wru chancing it's arm, in a no lose situation, either they get the players 👍or make a point to players thinking of leaving 👍