{"id":9896,"date":"2016-03-08T22:06:14","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T22:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=9896"},"modified":"2016-03-08T22:06:14","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T22:06:14","slug":"theres-another-level-in-us-wales-coach-gatland-warns-england","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2016\/03\/08\/theres-another-level-in-us-wales-coach-gatland-warns-england\/","title":{"rendered":"&#034;There&#039;s another level in us,&#034; Wales coach Gatland warns England"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WALES coach Warren Gatland insists his squad are treating Saturday\u2019s meeting with England as a cup final.<br \/>\nThe round four encounter is effectively a championship decider, with Wales chasing their fourth title of Gatland\u2019s reign.<br \/>\n\u201cOur whole mentality for this week is to approach it as a final, and often that brings the best out of players in terms of being almost an end of season game,\u201d said the former Wasps coach.<br \/>\nDespite being unbeaten so far in the championship, the Welsh have come in for some fierce criticism for their supposed lack of creativity.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9897\" style=\"width: 328px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gats-England.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-9897\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9897\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gats-England-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Gatland in bullish mood ahead of England encounter\" width=\"328\" height=\"246\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-9897\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Gats-England-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Gatland in bullish mood ahead of England encounter\" width=\"328\" height=\"246\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> Gatland in bullish mood before the England encounter<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nHowever, Gatland was quick to warn England that his side will raise the bar at Twickenham.<br \/>\nGatland said: \u201cI think there\u2019s another level in us. We\u2019ve been pleased with a lot of aspects of our game, it\u2019s just sometimes execution.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve been putting players a little bit more into wider channels, that they probably haven\u2019t been quite as familiar with.<br \/>\n\u201cSometimes some of the forwards in those wider channels have let us down a little bit, and that\u2019s been an aspect of our game that we\u2019ve been working hard on and skill levels in terms of finishing things off that we\u2019ve created.<br \/>\n\u201cHopefully we can do that on Saturday.\u201d<br \/>\nHistorically a trip to Twickenham would send shivers down the spines of Welsh players, such was the dominance the English held over their Welsh counterparts.<br \/>\nHowever, such fears have long been dispelled with all but one of Wales\u2019 starting 15 having triumphed at Twickenham.<br \/>\n\u201cWe feel like there\u2019s a lot of strength in depth in terms of the experience of the loose-forwards, the two locks, the two young props have continued to get better and better,\u201d said the former Waikato hooker.<br \/>\n\u201cSamson Lee had been coming back from injury during the World Cup so we feel that Samson and Rob Evans have done really well, and Scott Baldwin just continued to get better and better as a hooker.<br \/>\n\u201cIn terms of the experience of the team, we feel we\u2019re in a pretty good place at the moment.\u201d<br \/>\nOne area where Eddie Jones\u2019 side will undoubtedly target the Welsh will be at scrum time.<br \/>\nHowever, the Welsh boss is confident that young Welsh prop tyros Rob Evans and Samson Lee are up to the challenge.<br \/>\n\u201cI think our set-piece has been excellent, scrum and line-out and our kicking and aerial game has been very good as well.<br \/>\n\u201cWe\u2019ve created some chances and we haven\u2019t executed in finishing those off. That\u2019s definitely a criticism against us, in terms of finishing off those chances.<br \/>\n\u201cBut I think our game&#8217;s in good shape at the moment, and we\u2019ve been very pleased with the way that we have scrummaged in particular and that young front-row that has continued to improve.<br \/>\n\u201cHopefully it\u2019s an area on Saturday that we can go out and dominate. If we can do that at set-piece, scrum and lineout then hopefully that goes a long way to giving us a good performance.\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALES coach Warren Gatland insists his squad are treating Saturday\u2019s meeting with England as a cup final. The round four encounter is effectively a championship decider, with Wales chasing their fourth title of Gatland\u2019s reign. \u201cOur whole mentality for this week is to approach it as a final, and often that brings the best out of players in terms of being almost an end of season game,\u201d said the former Wasps coach. 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