Gatland was impressed at the way Owens recovered quickly from injury Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty ImagesWarren Gatland today named a pair of Wales half backs, an all-England second row and an Irish midfield to take on the Auckland Blues at Eden Park on Wednesday. The team he has selected — with fully 15 changes from the team that played in the tour opener — means that Gatland has now given a game to every player except George North, Jonathan Davies, Conor Murray and Sean O’Brien. All these players will start in the following game, against the Crusaders in Christchurch on Saturday. Payne, who was born in New Zealand, is also fit again Ramsey Cardy/SportsfileAlready, now, it is possible to see much of Saturday’s team shaping up as a XV that Gatland is looking at for the Tests. He is weighing up the need for…

Source: The Times June 05, 2017 07:41 UTC