MX23RW : Friday, April 26 22:16:54| >> :600:794578:794578:

Warren Gatland pushing Welsh players to limit in preparation for Rugby World Cup

Wales coach Warren Gatland is putting his players through mentally and physically draining preparation ahead of the Rugby World Cup kickoff in September.

Wales coach Warren Gatland has said that he is pushing his squad to the limit in a bid to be fully prepared for the upcoming Rugby World Cup.

The Welsh players have been put through two different training camps, one at high altitude in Switzerland and one in extreme heat in Qatar.

The side is now back in Wales and Gatland is sure that his players will be in peak form by September.

"For this World Cup, we have tried to do things a little bit differently by going to Switzerland and Qatar and pushing the players mentally and physically," Gatland told Sky Sports News.

"We try to make training and the preparation harder than games so from now, as we go into a different phase in terms of warm-up games, we'll have done a lot of the conditioning and that is in the bank.

"That is something that will give the players a huge amount of confidence going into the next 50 days until the kick-off of the World Cup."

Wales face Uruguay in their opening Pool A match on September 20.

ID:236333: cacheID:236333:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:restore:1896:
Restore Data
Share this article now:
Samson Lee of Wales is stretchered off by medics during the RBS Six Nations match between Wales and Ireland at the Millennium Stadium on March 14, 2015
Read Next:
Scarlets: 'Samson Lee winning fitness battle'
>
Read more about Warren Gatland Rugby Union
rhs 2.0
Today's games header
10am
Bublik
Carballes Baena
10am
Marozsan
Cerundolo
10am
Musetti
Seyboth Wild
10am
Paul
Klein
10am
Rublev
Bagnis
10am
Andreeva
Noskova
10am
Bronzetti
Rybakina
10am
Garcia
Wang
10am
Pavlyuchenkova
Saville
11.30am
Altmaier
Fils
11.30am
Martin Etcheverry
Shapovalov
11.30am
Alexandrova
Krueger
11.30am
Bucsa
Kasatkina
11.30am
Dolehide
Kalinina
11.30am
Jimenez Kasintseva
Paolini
11.30am
Linette
Sabalenka
1pm
Baez
Van Assche
1pm
Hurkacz
Draper
1pm
Bejlek
Kalinskaya
1pm
Cristian
Krejcikova
1pm
Kostyuk
Sherif
2pm
Zheng
Putintseva
2.30pm
Humbert
Van De Zandschulp
2.30pm
Darderi
Fritz
2.30pm
Boulter
Montgomery
3pm
Shevchenko
Alcaraz
3.30pm
Vondrousova
Rogers
4pm
Griekspoor
Daniel
4pm
Munar
Struff
5pm
Navone
Rune
7pm
Coric
Zverev
8.30pm
Collins
Danilovic
11.30am
Shang
Davidovich Fokina


Sports Mole provides in-depth previews and predictions for every match from the biggest leagues and competitions in world football.
Argentina's Lionel Messi kisses the World Cup trophy after collecting the Golden Ball award on December 18, 2022Sign up for our FREE daily preview newsletter direct to your inbox!