Rugby World Cup: Warren Gatland becomes first Head Coach in rugby to attend five tournaments
Winger Selestino Ravutaumada will also hope to repeat the power running that helped to take England apart in Twickenham.
“I thought they were excellent,” said Gatland of Fiji’s English win. “They have got some great athletes. They are probably a lot more structured now as a team than they were in the past, in terms of their exits and kicking game. The weather conditions weren’t brilliant but they kicked the ball 27 times, which is pretty high for Fiji. They are a good side. They have a lot of players coming out of Super Rugby and playing in France so it’s an exciting challenge for us.
Fiji have some incredible individuals who can break the game open and they are going to do that at some stage. The Welsh challenge is how well they scramble whenever that happens. For Wales, co-captain, Dewi Lake, is not included due to a lack of training time after injury, although Gatland has been able to include the fit-again Taulupe Faletau. Gatland has also gone for scrummaging prowess over mobility in the front-row this time in a bid to squeeze what is an improved Fiji set-piece.
With that, the battle lines are drawn – Welsh organisation and experience in playing a controlled structured game against Fijian athleticism and strike running. Contrasts make great games. This has the capacity to be one of those.L Williams; Rees-Zammit, North, Tompkins, Adams; Biggar, G Davies; G Thomas, Elias, Francis; Rowlands, Beard; Wainwright, Morgan , Faletau.
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