Wales and Ireland injuries sharpen tension before World Cup squad cuts

Warren Gatland and Joe Schmidt name trimmed squads on Monday with key players suffering knocks in Wales’ warm-up winThe biggest fear, said Warren Gatland after Wales became the first side to win here since New Zealand in 2013, was of losing not the match but players less than 48 hours before he announced his World Cup squad. While he savoured a performance that evoked the three Six Nations Championship winning years under his reign as head coach, he was concerned that injuries suffered by two of his stalwarts, Jamie Roberts and Alun Wyn Jones, should remain in the minor category.Roberts, the c…