{"id":291706,"date":"2023-09-22T20:35:23","date_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=291706"},"modified":"2023-09-22T20:35:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T20:35:23","slug":"gatland-says-both-wales-and-australia-are-desperate-to-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/rugby-union\/gatland-says-both-wales-and-australia-are-desperate-to-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Gatland says both Wales and Australia are &apos;desperate&apos; to win"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Warren Gatland insists both Wales and Australia are &#8216;desperate&#8217; for a win at the Rugby World Cup&#8230; and admits he doesn&#8217;t feel sorry for rival Eddie Jones<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Australia must win the game against Wales &#8211; who top the Pool &#8211; or face early exit<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Both Jones and Wales&#8217; Warren Gatland claimed they expect their sides to win<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>After Eddie Jones fired his shots early in Lyon on Friday morning, nearly 300 miles further north it was Warren Gatland\u2019s turn to respond in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at Roland Garros \u2013 the home of the French Open tennis in Paris \u2013 Gatland put an ace straight down the middle in response to Jones\u2019 claim his Australian team will win this weekend\u2019s crunch World Cup clash.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gatland and Jones are used to going head-to-head. It was no different Friday. \u2018He&#8217;s been getting enough stick. There&#8217;s no need for me to put the boot in,\u2019 Gatland said of his old adversary.\u00a0In a strange way, we&#8217;re probably both going through the same things.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They (Australia) are going to be desperate on Sunday. We&#8217;re desperate as well. I expect us to win.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Asked if he felt sorry for Jones, who has taken criticism from all corners after his Australia team was beaten by Fiji for the first time since 1954, Gatland\u2019s response was clear. \u2018No,\u2019 he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/18\/75738677-12550333-image-a-1_1695403062242.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Australia head coach Eddie Jones knows the pressure is on for his side to beat Wales at the World Cup this weekend<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/18\/75738743-12550333-Jones_s_side_suffered_a_shock_defeat_to_Fiji_last_time_out_and_m-a-6_1695405195355.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jones&#8217;s side suffered a shock defeat to Fiji last time out and must claim victory or face an almost certain early exit<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/18\/75738735-12550333-image-a-3_1695403075062.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wales boss Warren Gatland, meanwhile, admitted he doesn&#8217;t feel sorry for the criticism and pressure Jones has faced<\/p>\n<p>Gatland expanded: \u2018As coaches, we all come under pressure at times. It&#8217;s part of the job.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In fairness to Eddie, he\u2019s trying to take as much pressure off the players as he can by saying he&#8217;s responsible for the results and that things aren&#8217;t good enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I understand where he\u2019s at. He&#8217;s in a building process. There&#8217;s no criticism being aimed at the players. It\u2019s all on Eddie. He&#8217;s probably more than comfortable for that to happen.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>So it seems. Friday was not the first time Jones and Gatland have exchanged in a media rally and it is unlikely to be the last. They are two great coaching rivals who thrive on pre-match verbals.<\/p>\n<p>But the reality is the pair go into this weekend\u2019s huge encounter with their teams in very different spaces. Wales have a perfect World Cup record to date of 10 points from two games. They are confident. Rarely for Welsh rugby, there are no off-field distractions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Gatland on Friday named a strong team for Australia. It is the same starting XV which beat Fiji in round one. Hooker and co-captain Dewi Lake was left out altogether, but Wales\u2019 big guns are back after being rested for the 28-8 win over Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Jones, by contrast, is firefighting. He has lost captain Will Skelton and giant prop Taniela Tupou to injury and has been slammed for leaving out the experienced Michael Hooper and Quade Cooper from his World Cup squad.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve got no doubt we\u2019ll win,\u2019 Jones said, looking ahead to Wales. One of him or Gatland is going to be proved wrong and return to their Lyon hotel room disappointed. A defeat for Australia \u2013 who have won just one of their seven games under Jones\u2019 guidance \u2013 would almost certainly ensure they would be knocked out at the pool stages. Reaching the quarter-finals would remain just about mathematically possible although it would be incredibly difficult.\u00a0The reality is Australia must win. A Welsh success would seal a spot in the last eight.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/18\/75738741-12550333-Fiji_beat_Jones_side_22_15_last_weekend_in_what_has_been_the_sho-a-7_1695405195359.jpg\" height=\"425\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Fiji beat Jones&#8217; side 22-15 last weekend in what has been the shock of the tournament so far<\/p>\n<h3>MATCH FACTS\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>Wales: L Williams; Rees-Zammit, North, Tompkins, Adams; Biggar, Davies; G Thomas, Elias, Francis, Rowlands, Beard, Wainwright, Morgan (capt), Faletau<\/p>\n<p>Replacements: Dee, Domachowski, H Thomas, Jenkins, Basham, T Williams, Anscombe, Dyer<\/p>\n<p>Australia: Kellaway; Nawaqanitawase, Petaia, Kerevi, Koroibete; Donaldson, McDermott; Bell, Porecki (capt), Slipper, Frost, Arnold, Leota, Hooper, Valetini<\/p>\n<p>Replacements: Faessler, Schoupp, Fa&#8217;amausili, Philip, McReight, White, Gordon, Vunivalu.<\/p>\n<p>Kick-off: 8pm Sunday, Lyon<\/p>\n<p>Referee: Wayne Barnes (England)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s all on the line. It promises to be World Cup rugby at its finest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They\u2019re big losses for Australia \u2013 no doubt about that,\u2019 Gatland said of Skelton and Tupou\u2019s injuries. \u2018If you look at the recent record of games between Wales and Australia, there\u2019s never much in it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They\u2019re always tough. They won\u2019t lie down and roll over for us. It&#8217;ll go down the wire.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018What I&#8217;m happy about at the moment is putting some pride back in that Welsh jersey. That&#8217;s been an objective of ours over the last few months. It doesn&#8217;t take long to lose it.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I don&#8217;t think we had the respect of the rugby world in terms of performance and results.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Wales have key cogs Liam Williams, George North, Dan Biggar and Will Rowlands back in their side for Australia after a week off. Their experience is going to be crucial.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s side is green by comparison. There are 1,025 Welsh caps in Gatland\u2019s 23. Jones\u2019 Wallabies have just 588 and 132 of them belong to prop James Slipper. Jones has benched his squad\u2019s only specialist No 10 Carter Gordon and opted to start Ben Donaldson as playmaker.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I think experience will hopefully play a big part,\u2019 Gatland said. \u2018We\u2019ve trained well this week. The guys have been really clear on what they want to achieve. We&#8217;re going in with a lot of confidence.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Jones said before this World Cup Australia would win the entire tournament. He has always been bullish and still believes that to be the case despite his team\u2019s struggles.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018They were talking about a smash and grab and doing things people didn&#8217;t expect. It hasn&#8217;t come to fruition yet,\u2019 Gatland said. \u2018I said we&#8217;d do something special. I still believe that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>After a disastrous Six Nations at the start of the year in what was Gatland\u2019s first campaign back in charge, Wales have certainly put pride back in their national shirt.<\/p>\n<p>The beginning of 2023 was a car crash for Welsh rugby on and off the field, but there are now positive signs of change in both areas.<\/p>\n<p>Wales have won three of their last four meetings with Australia. That run includes what was a crucial World Cup pool stage victory in Japan four years ago.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/18\/75738755-12550333-image-a-5_1695403118718.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Wales, meanwhile, are top of Pool C after claiming victories in both of their opening two games<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/22\/18\/75738687-12550333-image-a-6_1695403124934.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Jones&#8217; side will be the underdogs going into the game, with the head coach saying he has &#8216;no doubt&#8217; his side will claim victory<\/p>\n<p>Gatland\u2019s side are rightly favourites this time around and should win although it is sure to be tight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Our relationship has always been good,\u2019 Gatland said of his meetings with Jones. \u2018We&#8217;ve been out on a number of occasions and had meals together. I find his company good. He&#8217;s engaging. It\u2019s obvious he drives a lot of people pretty hard.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018That&#8217;s been part of his success in the past.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Both Gatland and Jones have been used to winning throughout their careers. Only one will be smiling come late on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/rugbyunion\/article-12550333\/Gatland-says-Wales-Australia-desperate-win.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warren Gatland insists both Wales and Australia are &#8216;desperate&#8217; for a win at the Rugby World Cup&#8230; and admits he doesn&#8217;t feel sorry for rival Eddie Jones Australia must win the game against Wales &#8211; who top the Pool &#8211; or face&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gatland says both Wales and Australia are &amp;apos;desperate&amp;apos; to win - Sports-Life-News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/rugby-union\/gatland-says-both-wales-and-australia-are-desperate-to-win\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gatland says both Wales and Australia are &amp;apos;desperate&amp;apos; 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