Ireland cruise to comfortable RWC warmup win over Wales in Cardiff

Ireland claimed a psychological advantage in the first of two Rugby World Cup warm up games against Wales as they won comfortably at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday. The 35-21 victory came after a convincing 25-7 lead at the break. Ten minutes from fulltime Ireland actually led 35-7, so this was a bit of a drubbing in that sense, despite Wales coming back and later scoring a try on full time to flatter the scoreline. Wales have just returned from an arduous training camp, but signs of that hard work weren't evident as Ireland blitzed their way to an early lead in the first half. It was an…