00:00Well, Neil Francis now looks at two players who could also be vital to their team's destiny.
00:05And he's some choice words to say about the Welsh, albeit heavily influenced by his own previous experiences.
00:22I don't like the Welsh.
00:35Some of you might enjoy seeing that one again.
00:44The Welsh, they mystify me.
00:53They still have this superiority complex.
00:56Always cocky, expecting to win every match.
00:58And this, despite their poor record over the last 15 years.
01:08They prefer to regurgitate the Chateaubriand of the 70s, rather than sample the fishhead soup of the 90s.
01:14Reality has hit home, but 20 years on, they still can't face it.
01:19Welsh can still produce some good international standard players.
01:22And after their unexpected loss to Scotland, ironically, it's a Scot they turn to for redemption.
01:35Gibbs is the vital cog in the Welsh offensive make-up.
01:38Cog being the operative word.
01:39Because of his low centre of gravity, he's very difficult to stop.
01:43Graham Henry has tried to work his two best target runners off each other.
01:46Gibbs here linking with Spinell.
01:49Here he finishes off a Welsh consolation try, in a move where he'd been involved three times.
01:55Our own JCB, John Charles Bell, won't have any problems containing Gibbs.
02:08Bell's defensive ability was central to Ulster's success.
02:12Here he stops the very physical Richard Dewarth before he even gets a sniff of the game line.
02:16And this makes it very easy for the Irish back row to come forward into the ball.
02:29This match is the season for both teams, because the loser has nothing to aim for.
02:35And Warren Gatlin will find it difficult to achieve his stated objective of finishing third in the Championship.
02:41Skill and innovation will come second to desire in what could be a high-scoring game.
02:45But it's not unusual for Ireland to beat Wales away from home.
02:52No Manion into the 22, will he make it?
02:54No Manion scores!
02:56What a brilliant try!
02:59Three-nil will do.
03:00I'll see you, lads.
03:03Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio.
03:07Cheerio, cheerio, cheerio, cheerio.
03:09The old Francis and the Welsh don't get on very well.
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