• Coach: ‘We felt it important that Dan starts the game’ • ‘Players are aware they’re under pressure against England’Warren Gatland expects his grand slam champions to show more urgency against
England in Cardiff on Saturday after Sunday’s defeat at Twickenham, warning his players about the consequences of another lacklustre display five weeks before their opening match in the World Cup.
The reverse at Twickenham ended a run of 14 consecutive victories and, while Gatland, Wales’s head coach since the end of 2007, said he did not place a premium on results in warm-ups, likening them to pre-season friendlies at club level, he anticipates a response.