Wales can be big in Japan but Six Nations form no guarantee of success | Robert Kitson

Warren Gatland would prefer to be under the radar as the win over England raises World Cup expectationsSix thousand miles separate Cardiff and Tokyo but Warren Gatland knew the inevitable question was coming anyway. Having just seen off England and risen to third in the world rankings, did he now expect Wales to go big in Japan at this year’s Rugby World Cup? “Apparently not, according to a lot of pundits out there,” came the brusque reply. “We just want to keep under the radar if we possibly can.”He might have added that linking Six Nations form and World Cup potential is far from an exact sc…