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Wales‘ most capped forward Gareth Llewellyn is staying focused before the England Test…

The 71-times capped Neath skipper has led Wales on seven occasions, and his experience of the big occasion will be vital when a much lauded England team come to the Millennium Stadium this weekend.

With Northampton lock Steve Williams nursing an injury from last weekend’s game, Llewellyn is almost certain to return to the side to extend his record run.

First capped as a 20-year-old against New Zealand in 1989, he is the world’s longest serving international player.

But even he has to go back to 1993, the last time Wales beat England in Cardiff, for his only success over the auld enemy having missed out on the epic Wembley win of 1999.

‘Some people would argue that respectability would be good enough to take out of the game on Saturday, but as international rugby players we all want to win,’ said Llewellyn.

‘England are the best team in the championship and one of the best sides in the world, but we will be busting a gut to put things right against them. We have got to get last weekend’s game in Italy out of our system.

‘It’s a bit like falling off a horse – we’ve got to lift ourselves back up and get on with it. We weren’t given any chance against England in either 1999 or 1993, but we managed to come up with a result.

‘This is real backs to the wall stuff and we’ve all got to understand that England are only a team of rugby players.

‘I played against Martin Johnson and Ben Kay for Neath against Leicester in the Heineken Cup this season and, although we lost the second game, those two matches dispelled the myths about them being supermen.

‘We’ve got to get that message through to everyone in the Welsh camp this week.’

Wales coach Steve Hansen will announce his side at 5.00pm today.