• Wales 21-35 Ireland
• Wales reserves fail to rise to challenge as Ireland score five tries in CardiffWarren Gatland has spent the summer warning that the World Cup fate of Wales would not merely be a matter of how they deal with England and Australia. Five days after they meet the hosts at Twickenham on 26 September,they face Fiji in Cardiff and their passage to the knockout stage may hinge on the quality of their reserves.whether not too much should be read into a warm-up match played when far more attention had been lavished in training on conditioning than rugby itself, Wales’s head coach was looking for evidence that he had the back-up he will need in all positions but after his side were overpowered up front and at the breakdown and committed costly mistakes in possession, or his list of fringe players to leave out of the World Cup squad was longer than those to include.Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com