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"Ireland did what they do well. Play off nine, off nine, off nine and using Bundee Aki for gainline stuff. In the times when we've played Ireland in the past, and head success, you have to be a bit more collision dominant and your discipline has to be good. You have to be terriers."The Welsh coach returned to the point later in his press briefing when he stressed his side were never troubled by Ireland out wide, despite the fact that their first try came off an expansive backline move that ended with Rob Kearney scoring... out wide. https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/1170328525255184387 Asked if Ireland could have success at the World Cup with what he considers such a limited, attritional game-plan, Gatland responded:
"It’s been effective for them. You have to stop their one-off runners and keep your discipline. When we’ve been effective, it’s because we’ve been disciplined and stopped their runners off nine. "They didn’t play any expansive rugby that troubled us. When they play that way, they’re hard to stop. You need to get turnovers and we were unlucky in that area."Gatland feels a few of his squad were easing off in the second half as the warm-up cycle finish line was in sight. He looked unperturbed by his side's loss and insisted better things were to come in Japan. "You hold a little bit back and you work on things," he said. "These are warm-up games, not a Six Nations game where it matters about winning. We’ve got these under our belts."
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