Sam Burgess vows to stick with union to 2019

“Warren Gatland is obviously a very astute coach”, Cheika said.

“What we are trying to do here, and I think we did it really well during the Super Rugby, is change that perception everyone has of the Australian team”, Ledesma said, in June. The boys understand there are tough decisions to make when you’re an global coach and accept it’s part of the job. He was fit for this weekend.

Robin McBryde, former rugby union player for Wales, previously told the Daily Mail newspaper: “The Duke of Cambridge is an avid (Wales) supporter and it was good to see him in the changing room after the Fiji game.”

What’s the reasoning behind the inclusion of two openside flankers from the start?

Sam Warburton, 7. Justin Tipuric, 8. It gives us options and the balance we’ve had.

The Wallabies overpowered England in a match that saw them crash out of their own tournament – the first time in World Cup history that the host nation has failed to progress through the group stage.

“It will be a fierce contest”.

“He said to me “I know I am a six”.

Why isn’t Gethin Jenkins in the match-day 23?

“Sam wasn’t picked because I want to have a look at this combination for this game”, Lancaster said. Paul James has had a calf strain so needed to play. Gareth Anscombe gets the nod over Matthew Morgan at full-back.

On Anscombe’s call-up, he added: “He is cool-headed, he brings confidence and assurance”.

“It’s nice to have someone with that sort of that experience coming into the side and someone a little bit different that they potentially weren’t preparing for”.

What’s the thought process behind George North moving into the centre and Liam Williams on the wing?

“It was a chance to put Liam [Williams] back on the wing and a chance to shift George [North] into the centre”. I like the mix of the backline. He’s that typical old-fashioned northern hemisphere tight-head. Nobody paid much attention to us, and we went about our work.

Wales and Australia have already qualified, so is the pressure off?

All of this should have been sorted out long before a World Cup started.

“Four of us as coaches get together and have a selection meeting”.

They have not toppled the Wallabies since 2008, although seven of those 10 losses have been by five points or fewer.

‘It’s a big game for this team.

The Duke of Cambridge, who is the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union, is reportedly keen to persuade his younger sibling to support his team in the quarter finals.