Rugby World Cup 2015: Wales head coach Warren Gatland anxious over 'Pool of Death'
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Rugby World Cup 2015: Wales head coach Warren Gatland anxious over 'Pool of Death'
Warren Gatland, the Wales
head coach, criticised on Friday the decision of the World Cup organisers to
have made the draw for next year’s tournament so early.
The draw was made in December 2012, leaving Wales in the same pool as England
and Australia,
sides currently ranked third, fourth and sixth in the world.
Seedings at the
time had Wales in ninth place which put them in the third tier of teams.
“It’s a shame,” said Gatland, speaking at Twickenham after taking part in the
world-record scrum to publicise the launch of the general sale of World Cup
tickets.
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