If Northampton want George North to play for them again, they should arrange a fixture against Italy. The Lions wing, who was accused by the Saints the previous week of an unwillingness to appear against Sale, scored two tries as Wales climbed to second in the table to take his total against the Azzurri to eight in eight starts.
North, who was making his first full appearance for his country since the end of last year’s Six Nations, was denied a hat-trick two minutes from the end because of an earlier knock-on and set up his side’s third try, scored by Cory Hill, when his surge into midfield from a scrum created the space for the second row to exploit.
North’s international career has meandered in recent seasons, partly through injuries but also because he tended to stay on his wing in a side that played with little width. That has changed and here Wales, making 10 changes from the side that lost to Ireland to finish their chance of winning the title, often resembled a sevens team, throwing the ball around with skilled abandon. They scored five tries and could easily have doubled that number.
Source : foxnews
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