Prior to that opportunity Bale either battled injuries or when he played he alternated between left back and left wing-back.
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But with Thatcher available, plus the form of Roberts and Crewe youngster David Vaughan - who plays left midfield or left wing-back at Gresty Road - Wales suddenly have strength in depth.
McFadden will play in a new back three combination with Keith Earls on the left wing and Luke Fitzgerald at full-back for the first time.
Matfield was one of several world-class players originally left behind to rest in South Africa, including back-row Schalk Burger and wing Bryan Habana.
Wales struggled to keep possession as well as they did in the first half, but captain Davies and left wing-back Chris Gunter showed great energy levels to relieve some pressure by darting down the flanks.
But from then on it was one-way Blues traffic, as first Sweeney, then Halfpenny twice - the full-back providing the overlap first on the right then the left wing - Rhys Thomas, Gareth Thomas and Maama Molitika all followed the procession to the try line.
With no backroom deal on offer, the three smaller left-wing parties that back Mr Lagos pushed for an open primary, to capitalise on their man's popularity.
The Exiles were seeking a sixth-straight win but were stunned by three Saracens tries in the first 15 minutes from left wing Ratuvou, full-back Castaignede and fly-half Jackson.
Bale was the next to make inroads down the left wing, and striker Sam Vokes was caught slightly on his heels as the Spurs wing-back fired a dangerous low cross across the face of the goal.
Cork's winner came seven minutes later after impressive centre-back Dan Murray charged down the left wing and produced a pinpoint cross which Kiely powered past Gerard Doherty.
Even so, he must wrap up the new economic package and persuade the socialist and left-wing party leaders, his coalition partners, to back it before the European summit on October 18th.
It was Mr Abe's own grandfather, Nobusuke Kishi, who as prime minister cemented ties between the government, the uyoku dantai and the mob back in 1960, when he enlisted yakuza help against left-wing opponents of Japan's alliance with America.
Clearly, having abandoned his left-wing base on issue after issue (most recently by walking back Attorney General Holder's truly lunatic idea of bringing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and friends to trial in civilian courts in lower Manhattan) - usually conforming thereby to policies and decisions of the endlessly reviled George W. Bush - Mr. Obama has a problem.
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He made 27 starts at full-back, 12 on the right wing, 11 on the left, one at inside centre, two at fly-half and two appearances off the bench.
Having taken an early lead, Stoke seemed happy to soak up the West Ham punches and they were lucky to get away with it when Herita Ilunga found a way through on the left wing and laid the ball back into a crowded box, somehow missing all his team-mates.
Left-wing teaching unions were swift to denounce the return of selection by the back door.
The Cyprus defence was drawn to the near post as wing-back Bale ripped across a free-kick from wide on the left, leaving Collins unmarked at the far stick to side-foot his first goal for his country.
Ovechkin, who was moved back to left wing from right wing before the game, was stopped on a blue-line blast.
Wing-back Gunter, though, failed to match Ramsey's composure as his left-foot effort flew high and wide.
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