Wales senior men’s head coach Warren Gatland has confirmed 47 players in the updated training squad for Rugby World Cup 2023 - and he retains all the Dragons who were in the squad.
Elliot Dee, Aaron Wainwright, Dan Lydiate, Will Rowlands, Taine Basham, Rio Dyer and Ben Carter will all continue to be part of preparations.
Sam Parry (Ospreys) has been called up to the squad while Scarlets’ duo Ken Owens (back) and Josh Macleod (shoulder), as well as Cardiff Rugby’s Will Davies-King (foot) have been released due to injury.
After a period of mini camps running a few days a week from 25 May to 21 June the squad has assembled today for three more days training this week at the National Centre of Excellence in Hensol before travelling to Fiesch, Switzerland on Monday 3 July for a two-week training camp.
Gatland added: "We’re looking forward to getting the group back together for a few days further training in Wales before we head to Switzerland.
"We’ve done a lot of good preparation already here in Wales and we are heading to Fiesch where we are looking to get the benefits of sleeping at altitude and will kick our training up another gear.
Following the training camp in Switzerland the squad will have a few days off before reconvening for a training camp in Turkey running 23 to 31 July. Wales then have three Summer Series Test matches against England (home and away on 5 and 12 August) and South Africa (19 August at Principality Stadium) before the official 33-player squad to head to Rugby World Cup 2023 in France is named.
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Updated Wales senior men’s training squad for Rugby World Cup 2023
Forwards / Blaenwyr (25)
- Corey Domachowski (Cardiff Rugby / Caerdydd – uncapped / heb gap)
- Kemsley Mathias (Scarlets – uncapped / heb gap)
- Nicky Smith (Ospreys / Gweilch– 42 caps)
- Gareth Thomas (Ospreys /Gweilch – 21 caps)
- Elliot Dee (Dragons / Dreigiau– 41 caps)
- Ryan Elias (Scarlets – 33 caps)
- Dewi Lake (Ospreys / Gweilch – 8 caps)
- Sam Parry (Ospreys / Gweilch – 5 caps)
- Keiron Assiratti (Cardiff Rugby / Caerdydd – uncapped / heb gap)
- Tomas Francis (Ospreys / Gweilch – 71 caps)
- Dillon Lewis (Harlequins – 50 caps)
- Henry Thomas (Montpellier – uncapped / heb gap)
- Adam Beard (Ospreys / Gweilch– 46 caps)
- Ben Carter (Dragons / Dreigiau– 9 caps)
- Rhys Davies (Ospreys / Gweilch – 2 caps)
- Dafydd Jenkins (Exeter Chiefs / Caerwysg – 6 caps)
- Will Rowlands (Dragons / Dreigiau – 23 caps)
- Christ Tshiunza (Exeter Chiefs / Caerwysg – 5 caps)
- Teddy Williams (Cardiff Rugby / Caerdydd – uncapped / heb gap)
- Taine Basham (Dragons / Dreigiau – 11 caps)
- Taulupe Faletau (Cardiff Rugby / Caerdydd – 100 caps)
- Dan Lydiate (Dragons / Dreigiau – 68 caps)
- Jac Morgan (Ospreys / Gweilch – 9 caps)
- Tommy Reffell (Leicester Tigers / Caerlŷr – 9 caps)
- Aaron Wainwright (Dragons / Dreigiau – 37 caps)
Backs / Olwyr (22)
- Gareth Davies (Scarlets – 67 caps) Kieran Hardy (Scarlets – 17 caps)
- Tomos Williams (Cardiff Rugby / Caerdydd – 45 cap)
- Gareth Anscombe (unattached / heb glwb – 35 caps)
- Dan Biggar (Toulon – 107 caps)
- Sam Costelow (Scarlets – 2 caps)
- Owen Williams (Ospreys / Gweilch – 7 caps)
- Mason Grady (Cardiff Rugby / Caerdydd – 2 caps)
- Max Llewellyn (Gloucester Rugby / Caerloyw – uncapped / heb gap)
- George North (Ospreys / Gweilch – 113 caps)
- Joe Roberts (Scarlets – uncapped / heb gap)
- Nick Tompkins (Saracens / Saraseniaid – 27 caps)
- Johnny Williams (Scarlets – 5 caps)
- Keiran Williams (Ospreys / Gweilch – uncapped / heb gap)
- Josh Adams (Cardiff Rugby / Caerdydd – 49 caps)
- Alex Cuthbert (Ospreys / Gweilch – 57 caps)
- Rio Dyer (Dragons / Dreigiau – 7 caps)
- Cai Evans (Ospreys/ Gweilch – uncapped / heb gap)
- Leigh Halfpenny (unattached – 99 caps)
- Louis Rees-Zammit (Gloucester Rugby / Caerloyw – 25 caps)
- Tom Rogers (Scarlets – 2 caps)
- Liam Williams (Cardiff Rugby/ Caerdydd – 84 caps)
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