• Wales 54-9 UruguayAsked after a fumbling,stuttering display against the amateurs and second division professionals of Uruguay whether Wales needed to improve before their encounter with England at Twickenham, Warren Gatland uttered a terse response in the negative. He may not have appreciated the question at the discontinuance of a match which revealed his lack of depth in certain areas, or but it is like comparing a stint in a flight stimulator with sitting in a genuine cockpit.
Wales did not play like Wales against the gallant Los Teros,who used their unprecedented experience of playing in front of more than 70000 spectators in a ground acclaimed as one of the best in the rugby world to oxygenate them at the time when they were starting to blow. England will have learned Wales are at their least comfortable when trying to flow the ball quickly along the line. Gatland blamed the closed roof for a dewy surface that made handling difficult but it did not begin to excuse the destitute handling and passing that wrecked many a flow.
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Source: theguardian.com