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Warren Gatland Q&A: If a decision is made about me, I'm more than comfortable
Warren Gatland has named his Wales team to face Australia this weekend, having made four changes from the side that were beaten by Fiji.
Ellis Bevan and Tom Rogers replace the injured Tomos Williams and Mason Grady, while James Botham and Jac Morgan start ahead of Taine Plumtree and Tommy Reffell in a revamped back-row.
Wales are now seeking to avoid an 11th consecutive Test defeat, which would constitute their worst-ever run at international level.
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Here's everything Gatland had to say after naming his team...
How much of a blow is losing Mason Grady?
"It was disappointing. When we looked at it, it looked pretty innocuous. He’s got a fracture.
"The medics think it might have been an old stress fracture that has ruptured when he’s hit the ground. It wasn’t in the tackle situation. It’s disappointing for him. It’s going to keep him out for a number of weeks."
What do you make of Australia?
"It helps when you’ve had nine or 10 games under your belts over the summer. That’s probably the advantage the southern hemisphere teams have had from the championships they’ve been in.
"From the summer games, they’ve been together for three or four months, with a few breaks in between. You can see that from a number of teams in this autumn series."
There's been criticism from former players - Dan Biggar, Mike Phillips, Jamie Roberts - this week. Do you feel that's justified?
"Absolutely. I never have been critical of anyone having an opinion. I encourage people to have an opinion. That’s always healthy for the sport."
What did you make of Roberts' criticism in particular? He's a WRU board member, yet said he didn't think Wales had "moved forward".
"I thought there were some positives on the weekend in terms of our attacking stuff. To keep a pretty strong attacking Fiji side to two tries was good defensively. We were disappointed with (Caleb) Muntz’ try after 20 minutes.
"We created tries and some other opportunities. I thought some of the attacking stuff that we’d implemented, with the shape we’d worked on, was a real positive in that game."
Have you got to the bottom of the replacements mix-up?
"Probably when I look at that myself, when I mentioned Ellis coming on, both of those players were an option. Look, that replacement wasn’t an issue for us because Sam did a really good job, being thrown on the wing. We didn’t get the comms that came through the radio.
"Talking to the medics and staff, they said they delivered that message a couple of times. We had also delivered a message about the front-row getting on that they hadn’t received. Probably in hindsight, I’ve always tried to be as honest and transparent as possible.
"Maybe a lesson for me in the future is not to be honest. I was trying to make a point that we’d gone for a six-two split and had been caught early on with one of our wingers going down. So we had to make that substitution and we probably didn’t get the opportunity to discuss about what the replacement was.
"Both of them were options for us. Maybe if we’d got that message to come through, we might have put Ellis might on. But it wasn’t a big issue for us. It wasn’t a problem with Sam going on and Ellis coming on later."
Is this the most pressure you’ve been under?
"It’s definitely been a challenging 12 months. A lot of things can change in 12 months. The challenging thing is, when I look at the squad and particularly the backline, apart from Gareth Anscombe, you look at how inexperienced that backline is in terms of caps.
"We’ve tried to be clear about build and develop this group of youngsters. We know it takes a bit of time. I’m well aware you’re not always given time. It’s about results. I’ve tried to not shy away from that. I understand that. Criticism is part of the job and the role. All we can do is keep working hard as we have been doing as coaches and players. Hopefully the tide turns pretty soon."
It felt like a slow decline against Fiji after a strong start - is that down to the confidence of the players?
"I don’t think so. When we did the review, we were very honest about the review. Probably for us, the first 20 minutes were very good. We started well. Then, we had a period where we, in that Muntz’ try when they were down to 13 men, we haven’t got off our line as quickly as we needed to.
"We haven’t reacted in terms of folding. We’ve got up nice and high defensively and allowed that space. Whether we’ve just switched off in that moment, the message to players has been that those are the times in international rugby when you get the chance to be ruthless to someone, when you’ve got your foot on their throat and have them under pressure.
"Unfortunately, we let them off the hook and allowed them to get back in the game and the arm wrestle. Potentially, if one of those tries are scored and we had gone 21-3 up, it could have been a different result. We reviewed the last maul of the game. I won’t criticise Ryan Elias for dropping the ball. That happens in rugby.
"For me, we had a maul that was going forward. We probably needed to keep the ball in. Tomos has taken it out and we had a good hit-up from Blair Murray but the reaction from the forwards in getting around the corner probably wasn’t desperate and quick enough to put them under pressure. We’ve addressed a number of things we can do better, but I thought there were positives in how we started and played some attacking stuff that put them under pressure."
The backline looked small after Grady went off, is there a physicality problem?
"It’s trying to get that balance. It’s always trying to have the mixture of ball players and players that can get you front-foot ball. Jamie Roberts was mentioned before. That was always one of his strengths, same with George North and Alex Cuthbert. We had been conscious of the balance and losing Max early was a blow.
"Max Llewellyn carried well and got us some good front-foot ball in terms of his hit-ups. Ben Thomas is developing really nicely into a composed footballer. He’ll only get better in that position. We have tried him at 10, but he’s going well in that midfield, hopefully developing some leadership and giving us a voice there."
Do you feel there's still confidence in this project from the WRU?
"I’m probably not the person to ask in terms of those questions. I’ve been very clear that I’m really comfortable with the decisions we’ve made. We’ve tried to point out from the outset that we need to go through some pain. I didn’t think there’d be this much pain to be honest.
"There have been games where we haven’t been able to get over the finishing line and some close fixtures. We need to be able to do that. But, if a decision is made in terms of what you’re talking about, I’m more than comfortable with that. I’ve been around the game for long enough. I’ll probably go back to the beach, have a glass of wine and enjoy myself away from some of the pressure!
"We’ll just keep working as hard as we have been doing. We had a really positive meeting with the leadership group earlier in the week. They’ve been excellent in terms of driving some of the stuff we want to achieve, making sure we don’t take our foot off the gas and making sure we stay in the moment for the whole 80 minutes."
Do you expect Tomos Williams to return this autumn?
"We haven’t ruled him out of the squad. We’ll just play that… He’s had his scan. It’s just a matter of time, of whether he can recover in that period. It’s 50/50 at this stage."
Are you still confident you can turn this around?
"That’s a good question. I can only just say as a group of players and a group of staff, the effort going into it. I know how inexperienced we are. The unfortunate thing is we don’t have the luxury of a lot of time together. If I look back at squads that I’ve been involved with in the past, you’ve had World Cups campaigns with teams.
"The progress we’ve made, having those three months together, and then the continuity you have for the next couple of seasons. We lost all that continuity after the World Cup. We made the decision to invest in this group of younger players. It’s going to take time. Whether we get that, time will tell. We’ll just wait and see.
"But I think the atmosphere in the group, the way they conducted themselves and how hard they’ve worked in Australia is a credit to Wales. All the feedback we’ve had in Australia, from bus companies to training venues, they’re a fantastic group.
"The positive vibes I’m getting back now, they haven’t lost confidence. In terms of what they’re saying, they’re well aware they need to get across the line and it’s how they do that. Maybe the bounce of a ball, some decisions and a bit of luck would help. But we’ll keep fighting."
