Expat Evans hopes Wales win against Australia

There will beryllium a beardown Welsh ex-pat beingness successful nan Allianz Stadium connected Sydney this Saturday erstwhile Warren Gatland's broadside return connected Australia.

Among them will beryllium erstwhile Wales prop Ben Evans who has made Australia his existent location for nan past decade.

Evans, now 48, made 27 world appearances betwixt 1998 and 2004 and was portion of nan squad defeated by nan Wallabies successful Sydney successful 2003.

That was 1 of 11 Welsh sides who person mislaid connected Australian ungraded successful nan past 55 years.

So will that hoodoo beryllium surgery this play aliases successful Melbourne 7 days later during this two-match series?

"I dream so," said Evans.

"I deliberation it is going to beryllium 1-1 successful nan series, though I don't cognize which distant around.

"I would emotion to spot Wales triumph nan bid outright but if either squad is connected nan backmost extremity of a 2-0 loss, it could beryllium rather damaging for them."

It's ninth against 10th successful nan world rankings pinch Wales having mislaid their past 7 internationals and a new-look Australia broadside only winning 1 retired of their past 12 Tests successful Sydney.

Wales enjoyed a grounds 40-6 triumph against nan Wallabies successful past year's World Cup successful France but a batch has changed successful nan past 9 months for some sides.

There are only expected to beryllium six starting survivors betwixt some sides from that nighttime successful Lyon, while Australia person a caller coach successful Joe Schmidt who has taken complete from Eddie Jones.

"I don't deliberation Wales person thing to fear," said Evans.

"They request to clasp nan circuit and person a thing to suffer mindset and I dream that is nan measurement they are approaching things.

"The Australian boys are location for nan taking, if Wales move up and person nan soul belief of sticking to nan crippled scheme and enjoying nan occasion.

"It is not needfully astir bragging authorities from what happened successful nan World Cup, though nan Australians will spot that arsenic substance and possibly are rather bitter, because they are proud people."

Evans believes Wales and Australia find themselves successful a akin business pinch struggling master sides and financial fears disconnected nan field.

"Welsh and Australian rugby is almost successful an identical place," said Evans.

"I don't deliberation this bid is really connected nan Australian sporting radar.

"The athletics has a batch of title pinch Aussie Rules and rugby convention and location has been nan emergence of football.

"The monolithic point complete present this period is rugby league's State of Origin bid betwixt Queensland and New South Wales pinch nan decider successful Brisbane successful a mates of weeks.

"There are besides immoderate monolithic AFL matches connected arsenic well.

"My first acquisition of Australian rugby complete present was successful 2003 and it was ace strong.

"The crippled has gone backwards successful nan past mates of decades.

"There person been financial issues that person grown bigger, you person seen this pinch nan Melbourne Rebels broadside folding."

Some of Evans' erstwhile team-mates are successful nan Wales coaching unit for illustration Jonathan Humphreys, Martyn Williams, Rob Howley and Robin Sowden-Taylor.

Evans hopes to drawback up pinch acquainted faces.

"These are group I played pinch and against and location are immoderate awesome guys there," said Evans.

The erstwhile prop was a celebrated characteristic subordinate and remains an infectious characteristic successful retirement.

For nan past decade he has settled successful nan Sydney suburbs pinch his Welsh woman Liz and 2 young children.

"We person a awesome life," he said.

"I do miss home. I miss nan group and my friends and family.

"It is simply a trade-off betwixt what a awesome spot this is but it ever pulls difficult connected nan bosom strings being distant from Wales.

"So it's awesome erstwhile Wales sojourn and play here. It will hopefully beryllium a typical mates of weeks."