Grand slam heroes

It was an electric atmosphere at the Millenium Stadium Saturday as Wales disposed of the French in a heroic and professional manner. The French battled long and hard against the Welsh defence but despite having 70% of the possession they could not muster up a single try. A man of the match performance by Martyn Williams could not have been completed better for the man brought out of retirement as he scored the final try for Wales to seal the Six Nations Grand Slam.

Now Warren Gatland has issued a chilling message to rivals by saying he is now eyeing up a World Championship with the Wales squad. The Wales coach believes that the squad are in great shape to go to South Africa and have a good go at the World Cup.

Another startling statistic that Wales can boast is that they only conceded twice throughout the whole tournament, bettering the previous record of four set by England when they won the World Cup in 2002-2003.

Jones seals start for changed Wales side

Stephen Jones has been told he will feature as Wales fly-half for this weekends game against Ireland at Croke park. After an impressive performance against Italy Gatland has given Jones the nod to start. Scrum-half Mike Phillips is another player who gets a start for this weekends clash replacing Dwayne Peel. Other changes include Alun Jones replacing Ian Evans along with Huw Bennett, who according the RBS Six Nations website, is thought to be included to steady the Wales line out. The other change made by Warren Gatland is Adam Jones coming in place of Rhys Thomas.

Shane Williams praised

Welsh try machine Shane Williams has been praised by Wales assistant coach Rob Howley this week after his startling performances so far in the Six Nations. This weekend Williams has a record set in his sights a just one try against Ireland this weekend will see him match Gareth Thomas try record of 40 tries in 100 tests. Howley told the RBS 6 Nations Website that Williams is very hard to play against due to his great agility and hunger to score tries.

Shane Williams however is flattered by the comments and honoured to mentioned in the same sentence as a Welsh rugby hero. Williams has yet to score a try against Ireland however but the Wales star winger is confident that the team can press the opposition for a full 80 minutes to get results.