Rugby World Cup: Wales not weaker, says Wigglesworth

He said: “Ben has a little bang on his knee that isn’t serious at all. We know he is a big-game player and a great competitor and so are the other players around him”.

“It’s something and nothing”.

On a more positive note for the Welsh, full-back Liam Williams is expected to be fit to take on England at Twickenham, with kick off at 8pm.

“The guys will come into camp and we’ll see how they train”.

“In recent campaigns we’ve been very lucky, but sometimes it happens that you have a spate of picking up a few injuries”.

“We need to make sure that defensively we are able to stop the big threats”.

There were some good moments from the fly-half Rhys Priestland, Gareth Davies, James King, Justin Tipuric and Scott Williams, but Wales were at times ruffled by a wonderfully organised and commit-ted Uruguay side, who had taken an early 6-0 lead.

Brad Barritt could move from 12 to 13 to fill the void, while Henry Slade and Sam Burgess are also possibilities. “We may have to make a tough decision in terms of the props”, he said.

England and Wales both got off to expected winning starts in the competition over the weekend, with the former eventually coming good to beat Fiji 35-11 and the latter brushing Uruguay aside, 54-9.

“Everyone gets super excited about the partnership of the centres but the balance is not just for the backline, it’s for the team”.

“We had a debrief this morning”, Wigglesworth said.

“We are massively excited about this”.

“Teams like Fiji, look at Japan as well, they have sorted out their set-piece with more time to prepare”. “Thank god the Welsh team play rugby better than they sing”, he quipped.

“‘I’ve absolutely no doubt Warren will be doing that”.

“We’ll watch the game again, meet on Sunday and narrow down our selection next week”. “He wouldn’t have been picked otherwise”, Farrell said.

While the game was in the bag with several minutes to go, it was only in the very final play that Billy Vunipola scored the all-important fourth try to snatch the extra point.

England’s Joe Launchbury during training at Pennyhill Park, Bagshot in Surrey, September 22, 02015.

“Not too much” was the England wing Jonny May’s reply yesterday when asked what he knew of Amos, the Stockport-born flyer, who will turn 21 on Thursday.

Brown, who won his 40th worldwide cap in the tournament opener at Twickenham, has been a mainstay of the England team under Stuart Lancaster.