GATLAND SATISFIED WITH OPENING WIN
Warren Gatland believes there is much more to come from his Wales team in the Six Nations, after they recorded a 32-16 win over Scotland at Murrayfield.
While Wales dominated the game for large periods, the reigning RBS 6 Nations champions failed to really punish the Scots - and fly-half Stephen Jones missed a number of kicks.
But New Zealander Gatland said: "I am happy with the result because Murrayfield is a hard place to come. It is a good position for me to be in because there a number of things that we can work on and improve.
"This week we will work on a little bit of line speed defensively, and look for a bit more accuracy in the line-out.
"I thought we showed some nice touches in periods, we had them under a lot of pressure and the game was there for us to lose, not for us to win.
"Apart from the sun-binning at the end that put us under a little bit of pressure, I thought we controlled the game and were very disciplined."
Defending fly-half Jones's kicking Gatland added: "It was a difficult pitch to kick on - it was a bit slippery and it took it out of the legs. But [the misses] are not something that I am concerned about. Sometimes these things happen."
Warren Gatland believes there is much more to come from his Wales team in the Six Nations, after they recorded a 32-16 win over Scotland at Murrayfield.
While Wales dominated the game for large periods, the reigning RBS 6 Nations champions failed to really punish the Scots - and fly-half Stephen Jones missed a number of kicks.
But New Zealander Gatland said: "I am happy with the result because Murrayfield is a hard place to come. It is a good position for me to be in because there a number of things that we can work on and improve.
"This week we will work on a little bit of line speed defensively, and look for a bit more accuracy in the line-out.
"I thought we showed some nice touches in periods, we had them under a lot of pressure and the game was there for us to lose, not for us to win.
"Apart from the sun-binning at the end that put us under a little bit of pressure, I thought we controlled the game and were very disciplined."
Defending fly-half Jones's kicking Gatland added: "It was a difficult pitch to kick on - it was a bit slippery and it took it out of the legs. But [the misses] are not something that I am concerned about. Sometimes these things happen."
Labels: RBS 6 Nations, Scotland, Wales, Warren Gatland
