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Although much of Wales’ 23-13 Pool A victory over Fiji at the Millennium Stadium was not pretty, first-half tries by Gareth Davies and Scott Baldwin – plus 13 points from Dan Biggar – saw them home.

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”.

While the injuries were of grave concern to Gatland, there was also a sense of frustration in the unconvincing nature of Wales’ victory.

Wales achieved a bonus point victory over a Uruguay side made up largely of amateurs, but it was laboured and costly.