MX23RW : Wednesday, December 25 05:18:50| >> :600:1501345:1501345:
World Cup Warm-Up | World Cup Warm-Up
Aug 8, 2015 at 2.30pm UK
 
Wales
21-35
Ireland
Hibbard (37'), Tipuric (71'), Cuthbert (81')
FT
Heaslip (9'), Cave (23'), Earls (30'), Zebo (48'), Jones (54')

Jonathan Davies: 'Wales played poorly'

By , Rugby Editor
Former Wales fly-half Jonathan Davies admits that the team deserved their 35-21 defeat to Ireland in Cardiff.

Former Wales fly-half Jonathan Davies has admitted that the team played 'poorly' during their defeat to Ireland in Cardiff.

Warren Gatland's side lost 35-21 on Saturday in the first of two Rugby World Cup warm-up matches against the Irish.

With a number of fringe and uncapped players given the chance to impress at the Millennium Stadium, Davies believes that many of them missed the opportunity.

"For the Ireland boys this performance puts pressure on the first-choice players," he told BBC Sport. "We all know the Wales first-choice team but they have not put them under any pressure, they have been poor today."

Wales make the trip to Dublin for the return fixture on August 29.

ID:238094: cacheID:238094:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:1263:
Written by
Jack Prescott
No Data Analysis info
Restore Data
Share this article now:
Liam Williams of Wales during the RBS Six Nations match between Wales and England at the Millennium Stadium on February 6, 2015
Read Next:
Gatland "optimistic" over Williams return
>
Read more about Jonathan Davies Warren Gatland Rugby Union