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Gatland: Wales in fine shape for Japan

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The Rugby Paper Team
8 September 2019

WARREN Gatland insisted Wales are in fine fettle for the World Cup and still have some tricks up their sleeves for Japan despite seeing his team suffer a third warm-up defeat. Gatland’s men were beaten 19-10 by Ireland at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium yesterday in their last encounter before a World Cup opener with Georgia on September 23. “You hold a little bit back and you work on a few things,” Gatland said. “These are warmup games, not Six Nations games where it matters about winning.” Asked if he was concerned over Wales’ recent run of losses, Gatland...

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