SHANE WILLIAMS
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND

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I’VE SAID for a long time that Wales are genuine contenders to win the World Cup and my opinion hasn’t changed despite three defeats in four warm-up games. Warren Gatland won’t be too bothered by that and neither will his players.
However disappointing the past two results have been for Welsh fans, rest assured Alun Wyn Jones and his men haven’t become a bad team in the space of a month.
There has been enough in periods of the past two matches ...