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Article: Rugby Union: IRISH SHOOT DOWN WALES YOUNG GUNS; international rugby: Hansen's mentake a mauling in World Cup warm-up.(Sport)
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- Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- August 17, 2003
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Byline: Simon Roberts
STEVE HANSEN'S gamble to throw an experimental Wales side in at the deep end against Ireland paid off. Just.
Wales still went down to a record ninth Test defeat and haven't won a game of rugby since last November.
But this was an impressive display by Hansen's young guns and Wales escaped the 40-point drubbing everyone expected.
Most Welsh fans, even the hard-core who made the trip to Dublin, would have taken a 20 -point defeat and that was what they got.
Instead, the Wales coach will be satisfied with what ...