Wales’ sluggish Ireland display gives Warren Gatland cause for concern

Wales are traditionally slow starters but this was such a poor performance that few escaped from the wreckage left by Joe Schmidt’s IrelandWales by tradition start campaigns slowly. They may consider in that case their tradition well and truly respected. All their secrets, bar two late tries that gave an inkling of the potential of Tyler Morgan, Matthew Morgan, Gareth Anscombe and the more proven skills of Justin Tipuric, remain safely concealed in cold storage. Wales were so out of sorts during the rest of the game that they invited Ireland to look so fluid and clinical that the visitors risk…