Rugby World Cup: Wales in confident mood for France quarter-final, says Warren Gatland
Warren Gatland states Wales are inoptimistic mood before their quarter-final evaluation with France, with beaten Les Blues in seven from their last eight encounters.
The previous time the two nations met in 2011, Wales suffered a narrow defeat in the stage in New Zealand against France.
Gatland, who will abandon his job believes his team are in a place that is good entering Sundays clash at the Showa Denko Dome
Weve trained well and prepared exceptionally well and enter this match with a great deal of assurance, Gatland said.
As players and coaches this is what you do all the hard work and training for. Its all for large moments and to try and get to finals.
As a coaching group weve had a good deal of success in big matches when it has truly counted and mattered, whether that was in Grand Slam matches, European finals or Premiership finals with Wasps, or even on Lions tours as well.
I think we have got a very great formula for a group about getting things correct. Its not only about the physical prep, it is about being appropriate and those two inches everybody talks about.
If you get that right into large games it can often make a difference. I keep saying we are in a place that is fantastic, we have prepared and the groundwork is finished.
In another 24 hours, we will begin building well, but we can not play the match before were ready, and that is essential.
It is all done in the training perspective today. Its down to the players at the following 24 to 48 hours to really take ownership and control, and they have been doing that brilliantly already this week
Wales have won 19 out of their last 22 Tests, which contained a list 14-game unbeaten run, along with their 100 per cent Pool D album has been their group stage performance in a World Cup since 1987.
Gatland also thinks his side can use their recent successes against Jacques Brunels group, such as a 19-24 win off in the Stade de France during the 2019 Six Nations, as motivation going into their struggle in Oita.
We keep working hard, and roughly four of the previous seven attempts (Wales scored) from France are situations where we kept working hard to pursue, and one of the players has made a mistake and weve capitalised, he added.
Defensively, (Wales defence trainer ) Shaun (Edwards) was a little bit more on edge this week. Hes pretty pumped up by a defensive point of view.
weve been working hard . He wasnt too satisfied with a try against Uruguay, and he allowed the players know clearly from the changing room afterwards.
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