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Adams ready for ’80-minute battle’ with Wallabies

Adams ready for ’80-minute battle’ with Wallabies

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Josh Adams has a victory over Australia on his impressive Wales CV and the flying wing can’t wait for another meeting with the Wallabies in the Rugby World Cup on Sunday.

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Cardiff Blues speedster Adams, 24, scored one try, made another, and was a constant thorn in Georgia’s defence as Wales started their Japan tournament with a 43-14 victory.

Warren Gatland’s side sealed a crucial bonus point before the break and scored six tries in total.

Adams said: “It was nice to get off the mark in the first game of the World Cup. It was a nice set-piece move and I managed to finish it off. I was happy with that.

“We had a look at Georgia’s defensive set-ups and we identified a little weakness there (on the inside). I managed to go through for the first one and to be fair their winger came across and did a really good job so I had to pass it on to Gareth Davies. We ended up scoring off that.

“The second one was pretty much exactly the same. Scoring off first phase is always what you want to do as a backline. We looked at a few aspects of that and it worked really well.”

Jonathan Davies, Justin Tipuric, Adams and Liam Williams put Wales 29-0 up on Georgia at half time at the City of Toyota Stadium.

After the break the Eastern Europeans scored two tries of their own, but Wales completed victory thanks to efforts from replacement scrum-half Tomos Williams and wing George North.

Lock Jake Ball was named the official player of the match.

Now Wales begin their preparations for Australia having travelled from Toyota to Tokyo on Tuesday.

“Of course it’s massive. We will still have to get through Fiji and Uruguay and Fiji did well against Australia in their first game,” Adams said.

“You could argue it (Australia) is the crunch game, but we have to dust ourselves off first of all.

“We’re pretty disappointed we conceded those two tries against Georgia to be honest.

“We were looking to keep them scoreless, but Australia is something to look forward to. It’s a six-day turnaround which is relatively new to us.

“We’ll manage the week well and look forward to getting out there on Sunday.”

Adams continued: “We know what it takes to beat Australia of course. They’ve got some outstanding players and big threats over the ball so that’s going to be a massive focus for us this week.

“In the second half of the Georgia game we were a bit weak over the ball and got pushed off a couple of times. That’s going to be a big emphasis for us with David Pocock and Michael Hooper so we need to tighten up that contact area. That will be important.

“Australia always have great runners in midfield with Tevita Kuridrani and Marika Koroibete and they have threats across the park.

“It will be an 80-minute battle for sure, but we’re going to back our fitness and take it to them.”

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