Done with experiments, Wales eye a hot start at World Cup

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Coach Warren Gatland says there is confidence and self-belief in the squad ahead of World Cup opener against Georgia

Wales head coach Warren Gatland . REUTERS/Rebecca Naden/File Photo

Gatland said the team were experimenting in those matches and that their true strategy will come to the fore when they begin their campaign against Georgia on September 23. Wales face the strong-scrummaging Georgians in Toyota City before a mouth-watering pool D clash with Australia in Tokyo six days later.

For captain Alun Wyn Jones, this will be a fourth World Cup and the 33-year-old is keen to use the experience of painful previous exits, most recently at the quarterfinals stage to SA four years ago, as motivation to finally get over the line.

 

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