There are few players at this year’s Rugby World Cup who carry more intrigue than Burgess, the 26-year-old making the cut for England’s squad after just one season’s worth of Aviva Premiership rugby union under his belt with Bath Rugby.
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He suffered what Gatland described as “a significant tear” in his hamstring during an umimpressive 54-9 Pool A victory over 5,000-1 World Cup outsiders Uruguay.
BRITAIN’S Prince William and his brother Prince Harry will be supporting opposing teams when England face Wales in a key World Cup match at Twickenham on Saturday.
“We trust our game plan, that’s a good start and we can move on from here”. And Wales are expected to have around 20,000 fans at the game, almost four times the official allocation for their last visit to Twickenham in the 2014 Six Nations.
Another change in the front-row also looks likely with Paul James and Samson Lee reporting tight calves and Aaron Jarvis having damaged a rib, while Wales were left sweating on the fitness of full-back Liam Williams, who was forced off with a thigh injury.
After what happened in Brighton on Saturday, with Japan knocking over South Africa, nothing in this World Cup will surprise us.
“But they’ve got it out the way now and they’ve got a whole week to prepare for Wales“.
England beat Fiji 35-11 in their opening game, but it was a disjointed performance that required a last-minute try to secure the bonus point.
“We have to understand that five metres out is an area Fiji would go for us and Wales and Australia will now be licking their lips”.
“It looks like Cory Allen’s done a significant hamstring injury, but he’s going to be scanned tomorrow”, said Gatland.
“Warren will be telling them to make a fast start and really try and use their forward pack to get a foothold in the game”.
“Twickenham had a different feel at the weekend, it was the best I’ve ever heard it”.
“From when Warren and Shaun Gatland were at Wasps, I know the sort of messages they will be giving to their players in the week”.
“When we came together we talked about the importance of the 31 and the boys all being in it together, even the guys that missed out”.
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“We spent a bit of time this week looking at England and thinking about England, we had to do that with the short turnaround”, the Kiwi coach said. “He’s gone well in all the games he has played in the warm-ups”.
