Wales wait on fitness updates on scott williams and hallam amos

It was just a bounce of the ball at my feet when I was running at 100 miles per hour, desperate to make something positive of it. “It is clearly obvious there was some contact with the head”, Edwards told a news conference.

“How many times in your career will you be able to say you beat the (World Cup) host nation in their back garden?”

“I think the resilience shown by these players is that if we have another player or two out of the World Cup, somebody else will just step up and try to perform the way we did last night”.

Wales head coach Warren Gatland has already lost the likes of Leigh Halfpenny, Rhys Webb and Cory Allen from his plans, yet the 2011 World Cup semi-finalists remain firmly on course for the last-eight after collecting nine points from a possible 10 in beating England and Uruguay.

Wales assistant coach Shaun Edwards highlighted resilience as being a key component of the team’s Twickenham triumph, and North said: “We’ve been through a lot of stuff already”.

Asked if Amos and Scott Williams were the biggest worries, Edward said: “Yes, they are definitely the ones that are the biggest concern”.

James Hook and Gareth Anscombe have been added to Wales’ squad after Scott Williams and Hallam Amos were ruled out of the World Cup through injury.

“Everybody is in our thoughts because we have had an incredibly bad run of luck with injuries”.

“You look at the (pre-tournament) training camps”.

Reflecting on the game – it was Wales’ third win against England at Twickenham since Gatland took charge in early 2008 – Edwards saluted the players, who arrived back in Wales at 3am on Sunday and went straight into a cryotherapy chamber recovery session. We knew how tough this group would be from minute one, and we set out to win every game.

“These lads are so dedicated and so professional in everything that they do”.

“Not everything is going to go your way”. He has been there as long as you have and done just as much work, one in all in.

“Now, we have got to focus all our attention on Fiji with a short turnaround”. You see one man go down and you think he has come this far, it is not fair that he can not go an extra bit so we may as well dig in for him.