Tuesday 13 October 2015 16:52, UK
Wales assistant coach Rob Howley thinks George North will be back on the wing for Saturday's World Cup quarter-final against South Africa at Twickenham.
North started at inside centre against Australia last weekend, as part of a backline which had to be re-jigged due to injury.
Coach Warren Gatland will not name his starting line-up for the quarter-final until Thursday but Howley has suggested that North may revert to his usual position in order to combat the dangerous South Africa wings.
"Both George and Alex [Cuthbert] will likely be on the wings," said Howley.
"If you look at South African strengths and the way they play the game, it's an aerial battle, and we've decided that George and Alex will be the best wings to negate that threat.
"When you look at the experience in their backline, with Bryan Habana and JP Pietersen, who is back from injury, it's a case of trying to match that experience and strength with what we've got.
"Tyler [Morgan] had a slight injury last week, so we've got the option of either him or James [Hook] coming into the centre."
Wales have done very well to reach the last eight, having lost almost a fifth of their original squad to injury so far.
However, Howley thinks brutally hard-fought Pool clashes with England, Fiji and Australia will prove ideal preparation for the upcoming tussle with the Springboks.
"Warren Gatland always had a saying at Wasps, when I was playing under him, that we are battle-hardened," said Howley.
We have been playing at an intensity week-in, week-out, that will prepare us no end for what will come on Saturday.
"We've come through the last few weeks after really tough games against tier-one nations, and Fiji cannot be underestimated - they were extremely physical and tough - and that gives us a really good platform.
"We have been playing at an intensity week-in, week-out, that will prepare us no end for what will come on Saturday.
"It's knock-out football, a quarter-final to look forward to. If you had said to us six or eight weeks ago, 'would you take a quarter-final against South Africa?' Of course you would.
"Injuries are part and parcel of the game. We've had our fair few but, we keep on saying, the players that are available to us, we trust them, and they are giving us 100 per cent."
