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This is gonna be exciting!! Probably the hardest one to call out of all of the rounds fixtures! But I think Canes will win by 4, and a Milner-Skudder hat-trick!
I think Gatland is targeting the Lions job in 2017 so he would want to stay with Wales until at least then in order to improve his chances. What happens after that depends on Wales' performances on the pitch.
Good back up to be had on the bench though. The front row has been performing well particularly Matu'u. Should be ok in the scrums against an 'average' rebels scrum. Will be interesting to see how Jason performs against his old club!
I agree with you. The only logic i think Gatland hasn't started Scott and Tips is because he will want to bring pace to the game later on when hopefully the italians will get tired and better chance of racking up the tries.