Dan Biggar and Gareth Davies, who have collected the last two man-of-the-match awards in Wales’ victories continue their partnership at half-back.
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“Whoever plays there for them, they have strength in depth no matter what”. We are up against it, but with that determination and the pride in the jersey …
Australia, who have won their last 10 Tests against Wales, were due to name their side later on Thursday after delaying the announcement. “We’ve been in touch with Joel Jutge, especially after the England match”.
“We’ve had a longer turnaround for this Australia game, which has benefited the lads a lot”, Wales’ consultant head of physical performance Paul Stridgeon said.
“In every game we play we build on that self-belief”.
The Springboks have recovered from their opening-game humiliation at the hands of Japan to be arguably the form team heading into the knock-out stages, wrapping up their pool proceedings with a 64-0 trouncing of the U.S. on Wednesday.
“It’s about learning from those experiences”.
“It’s only one defeat for me and it hasn’t been spoken about in the forwards”. The more it happened the worse it got.
“They’re both magnificent players, very easy for me to play alongside them”.
While both teams have qualified from their pool, they are playing to avoid a probable meeting with South Africa in the quarter-finals and New Zealand in the semi-finals of the competition.
But injuries to Scott Williams and Hallam Amos during Wales’ 28-25 Pool A win against England 12 days ago resulted in him being called up to the World Cup group, along with fellow replacement James Hook.
The dramatic late try against England bucks the trend and it is a new-found killer instinct Wales must retain if they are going to forge deep into the tournament.
But he returned to training on Monday and appears set to take on the Wallabies at Twickenham, despite Wales’ place in the quarter-finals already being sealed.
He was instrumental in Australia’s dominance in the scrum, which was a drastic turn around from the 2007 World Cup where England walked all over the Wallabies.
“The players are still here – Warburton, George North, Jamie Roberts”. He has picked for this match instead of the more experienced Ben McCalman.
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“There have been a few times when I’ve thought it (Test rugby) has gone away from me, but when I am with Gloucester it’s about working hard for when there is hopefully an opportunity”.
