![]() ![]() "I thought he was excellent in that game in the way his decision-making controlled the game," Gatland said. Webb's first Test start since October 2020 saw him create two tries as Gatland's team ended a run of three successive defeats in this season's tournament. Wales boss Warren Gatland talked up the excellence of veteran scrum-half Rhys Webb after his player of the match performance in the Stadio Olimpico victory. The players wanted to put in a big game against England." Gatland talks up veteran Webb ![]() "We've not been satisfied by our Six Nations. We wanted to do that, we didn't know how, but we wanted to do that. It's emotional," Galthie said after his side's resounding triumph. "I've been coming to Twickenham for a long while - 20 years. The French can still win the Six Nations if Ireland slip up against either Scotland or England and they beat Wales. ![]() We’ve had a good performance and a good win, but we know we’ve got to improve.” French eye titleįrance boss Fabien Galthie was delighted by a Twickenham victory that gives his side hope of retaining their title heading into the final round next weekend. “Nobody gave us a chance here but I’m just very happy – not with proving people wrong, because I don’t care what people say, but with the effort we’ve put in. We need to build and improve, we know that, but it’s easier to do that after a victory given the momentum and the confidence we’ve created. “We’ve got an opportunity to go to Nice and just concentrate on the game against France. A new coach has come in, but we’ve stuck at it and kept working hard. “It’s been hard over the last seven weeks for many different reasons, with stuff on the field and stuff off the field. We work very hard as a squad, as do the coaching group, and we’ve been building," said Owens. "People have said there hasn’t been any effort and that we haven’t been trying but we certainly have been trying over the last seven weeks. They meet a French team bubbling with confidence and determined to retain their trophy after thrashing England 53-10 at Twickenham.īut Wales skipper Ken Owens is up for the fight and believes his own team are boosted by overcoming a banana skin of a game to beat the Azzurri. READ MORE: The unseen Italy v Wales moments as players find their voices to heal talk of split Warren Gatland's side, fresh from their 29-17 Rome win, will spend time training in the South of France before heading to the French capital for Saturday's tournament finale. Wales have set their sights on a seismic Six Nations shock in Paris after avoiding the dreaded Wooden Spoon with victory over Italy. Here are your rugby headlines for Sunday March 12. ![]()
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