Gatland: Wales in fine shape for Japan

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 loss...

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