Q:

Angular 2 Rc.1 router not loading "/' component

I am attempting to use the new router from the rc.0 release. (Actually using rc.1) However I can't get the outlet to load the "Welcome" component. 
Here is the app.component.ts 
import { Component } from '@angular/core';
import { Routes, ROUTER_DIRECTIVES} from '@angular/router';
import { HeaderComponent } from './common/header.component';
import { WelcomeComponent } from './common/welcome.component';
import { FooterComponent } from './common/footer.component';

@Component({
  selector: 'my-app',
  template: `
    <header-component> </header-component> 
        <router-outlet> </router-outlet> 
    <footer-component> <footer-component> 
  `,
  directives: [ROUTER_DIRECTIVES, HeaderComponent, WelcomeComponent, FooterComponent]
})

@Routes([
    {path: "/", component: WelcomeComponent}
]) 

export class AppComponent { 

}

Here is the main.ts 
import { bootstrap }    from '@angular/platform-browser-dynamic';
import {ROUTER_PROVIDERS} from '@angular/router';
import { AppComponent } from './app.component';

bootstrap(AppComponent, [ROUTER_PROVIDERS]);

I'm not sure what I a missing, the path for / should work. index.html has the base ref set to "/" as well. I've been digging through the source to see what I a missing but not finding anything. 

A:

This is a known issue https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/8409

If you have routes setup without any router links and you don't inject the router, initial navigation does not occur.

So either you inject the Router or add <a [routerLink]="..."> until this issue is fixed.

A:

Looks like the constructor for AppComponent needed this: 
export class AppComponent { 

    constructor(private _router:Router){

    }

}

Not sure why, if anyone has an answer for that? 

