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Warren Gatland says Wales will not start looking further down the track than necessary after they cruised into the Rugby World Cup quarter-finals with a record 40-6 win against hapless Australia.<\/p>\n
Wales made it three successive victories in Pool C, leaving Eddie Jones\u2019 team close to group-stage elimination.<\/p>\n
Gatland\u2019s men are guaranteed to top the group if they defeat Georgia next month, setting up a likely quarter-final clash against Argentina in Marseille.<\/p>\n
But Gatland said: \u201cWe haven\u2019t looked past anything yet, it has been one game at a time.<\/p>\n
\u201cAustralia came into this game feeling confident about winning. We felt confident to produce a performance today. I thought we were clinical.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOur focus will be on Georgia, a team we lost against in the autumn (last year).<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need to rectify that and we need to make sure we don\u2019t drop our standards. I think these players are well aware of that \u2013 they have worked incredibly hard.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have put a lot of work in the last four months as a team together. We are a momentum team, we build on confidence in terms of performances.<\/p>\n
\u201cToday was an outstanding performance in terms of what we wanted to achieve. We were blowing a bit at half-time, but I thought we went out and controlled the second half fantastically well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wales overcame the early loss of injured fly-half Dan Biggar to boss Australia in every key department and coast home through tries from scrum-half Gareth Davies, centre Nick Tompkins and captain Jac Morgan, while Biggar, who kicked an early conversion, saw his replacement Gareth Anscombe boot 23 points.<\/p>\n
It was Wales\u2019 record win against Australia, overtaking a 25-point margin in 1975, and former England boss Jones will be left to face the music as the Wallabies lurch towards World Cup oblivion.<\/p>\n
On Biggar, Gatland added: \u201cDan has stretched his pec. I haven\u2019t spoken to the medics, but I spoke to Dan and they are saying it is probably a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have got 13 days\u2019 break before we take on Georgia, so that potentially rules him out of that match, just to recover. It\u2019s not a significant injury, just a pec strain.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anscombe, who landed six penalties, a drop-goal and conversion after going on for Biggar in the 12th minute, said: \u201cWe talked a lot this week about family and the people we care about.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe talk about the red wall, and to concede only six points against Australia is just remarkable.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDan Biggar means so much to this team, and I knew I had to just come on and do my role, and that was all I was focused on.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe boys were really calm and we got off to a really good start. Our boys up-front were outstanding, they dominated the set-piece and I was just able to keep rolling forward.\u201d<\/p>\n