• Dragons lock has not played since February• Carre and Patchell inclusion show Wales’ growthOne day after watching Wales lose at home for the first time in 21 months, the head coach, Warren Gatland, revealed his
World Cup squad that he believes is good enough to win the tournament.
The 22-17 defeat against
Ireland held as much succour for Gatland as the victory against
England two weeks before had. His 23 for the match did not contain one player who is likely to start the group match against Australia in Tokyo at the end of the month and his side rallied from 19 points down in the final quarter and might have won had the hooker Elliot Dee not lost control of the ball over the line.