Wales’s fabled ability to recover from defeat will be tested by France while England need to start taking the initiative earlier
Wayne Pivac suffered his first defeat, but while the greater emphasis he places on attack was evident in the off-loads and running angles the Six Nations champions indulged in when they managed to generate quick ball, they came a distant second physically. It could be seen as a vindication of Warren Gatland’s insistence that ambition to play a wide game matters little if the gainline battle is lost, but he watched similar defeats in Dublin two years ago and in 2014 when they were pounded into submission. Wales under Gatland tended to recover quickly from a setback and with France at home in the next round, it will be an early indicator for the new regime of how much they have preserved. Paul Rees
Written by Guardian sport
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/feb/10/six-nations-talking-points-stormy-second-weekend under the title “Six Nations: talking points from a stormy second weekend”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
