Warren Gatland has admitted his players have been left all shook up by Fiji and that some will find themselves in unfamiliar positions when they come back down to ground for their final World Cup pool match in Japan. The Wales coach says he will be forced to pick some of his squad out of position against Uruguay as Gatland’s team paid a painful price for progress into the quarter-finals. Dan Biggar, Josh Adams and Jonathan Davies were all injured against the Fijians who gave Wales a scoreboard fright as well as a physical one before they were finally suued, 29-17.

Josh Adams has admitted Wales were irritated to concede two tries against Georgia as they realise they will require far better in their next World Cup clash against Australia. With their opening match now out of the way – a mixed bag of dominance, sparkling tries, and then a loss of direction in their 43-14 win – Wales must now re-focus on Sunday’s crucial Pool D match against the Wallabies. Cardiff Blues wing Adams showcased his rich form by scoring a brilliant solo try as Wales saw off the Georgians at the City of Toyota Stadium.

Liam Williams ended the season on fire for Saracens, accomplishing the kind of record in one campaign that most players don’t manage in an entire career. He makes Robin Davey’s Wales team for the World Cup opener but a big name casualty misses out. Wales’ World Cup opener against Georgia may be over three months away, but already there is a big debate about the line-up of the ‘back three.’ Basically, four into three won’t go – with Liam Williams, Leigh Halfpenny, George North and Josh Adams all bidding for a place in the side. One of them will be unlucky.

Hallam Amos has revealed a liking for the plastic pitch at the Arms Park was among the factors that swayed him to leave the Dragons for the Cardiff Blues. The Wales wing will join the Blues at the end of the season after his move was confirmed just 48 hours after that of fellow international wing Josh Adams, who is arriving from Worcester. Some players have expressed their views on the Blues’ artificial surface by posting pictures of burn marks suffered during matches, but Amos has spoken of his liking for the fast style of rugby it can produce.

Four of Wales’ Grand Slam winners have agreed new deals with Welsh regions including Josh Adams who has confirmed his move from Worcester to Cardiff Blues. The wing will move back to Wales at the end of the season in order to stay eligible for international selection, while Scarlets trio Jonathan Davies, Ken Owens and Rob Evans have all signed on to stay at their region. But Wales international hooker Scott Baldwin is moving in the other direction to Adams and will leave the Ospreys at the end of the campaign to join Harlequins.

He couldn’t help Cinderford stave off relegation a few seasons ago, but now Wales’ Grand Slam wing Josh Adams is steeling himself for a massive fight to keep Worcester Warriors in the Premiership. From the best team in the northern hemisphere, and the second best team in the World Rugby rankings, Adams will this week turn his attentions to hauling the Warriors out of the bottom two in the English Gallagher Premiership as they attempt to avoid the dreaded drop into the Championship for the bottom side. Last season’s top scorer in the competition, Adams has a lot to be thankful to the Warriors for. It was they who helped him resurrect his career after being released by the Scarlets. The Welsh region’s loss was certainly the English side’s gain, but it wasn’t all plain sailing for him when he arrived at Sixways.

Josh Adams has only been in the Wales team for a year, but it’s a measure of his impact that there were more media swirling around him with cameras and microphones this week than there were around George North. That may have a little to do with the fact that Adams was also the designated Welsh speaker handed to broadcasters – North, presumably, having been given a day off from Cymraeg duties – but it also illustrates how the Worcester wing has moved from relative unknown to box office Six Nations star. A brilliant jinking run sparked Wales’ revival against France in Paris on opening night, since when Adams has scored a try in every game. Against Italy, he showed a finisher’s instinct, there was the spectacular athleticism and skill against England, followed by a mesmerising feint with his head and turbo-charged body swerve last week against Scotland at Murrayfield.

The Wales player who pulled the last few petals off the withering red rose insists the flower of Scotland can be pruned in the same way at Murrayfield today. Josh Adams – scorer of the try that clinched victory over England – believes Wales’ Grand Slam seekers are professional enough to block out any echoes from a noisy week of disharmony back home. The unbeaten Guinness Six Nations leaders face Scotland in Edinburgh, where a fourth successive win in this season’s tournament would leave them chasing silverware against Ireland in Cardiff on Saturday week.

As he heads towards another possible Grand Slam, Warren Gatland has suggested Wales don’t crack too often in the really big matches – unlike England. The Wales coach – choosing to be a little more spikey after the game than before it – cast doubt on England’s ability to win the games that count after his side came from behind to defeat their arch-rivals 21-13 in a dramatic Six Nations contest in Cardiff on Saturday. Gatland’s men were 10-3 down at the break after England flank Tom Curry scored the only try of the first half.

Josh Adams is taking inspiration from George North as he prepares to keep Wales on track for a crack at the Six Nations title. Adams was the instigator of Wales’ remarkable comeback victory in Paris last Friday as his scintillating second-half break paved the way for a Tomos Williams try and the first step in overcoming a 16-0 deficit. But as the 23-year-old Worcester wing gets ready to face Italy in Rome this weekend, he says it is the long-term example of North – and his impact on the national team for over eight seasons – that he is looking to emulate.

Josh Adams has been ruled out of a comeback this weekend as the Wales wing battles for fitness ahead of the Six Nations. The Worcester Warriors star has not played since injuring his hamstring last month and the club have warned that any setback now could lead to another six to eight weeks on the sidelines. That would be another significant blow for Wales who are already without Leigh Halfpenny for an unspecified further period as he tries to overcome the effects of concussion.

Josh Adams is just one of a number of Welsh internationals who have graduated from the Welsh Schools & Colleges Cup final winning teams to play for Wales and all eyes will be on the ‘Class of 2019’ tonight at Sardis Road when two familiar foes do battle once again for one of the top Under 18 titles in the country. Reigning champions Coleg Y Cymoedd will be hoping to make it four wins in a row over arch-rivals Coleg Sir Gar in the game, which will be televised on the S4C Facebook book page Chwaraeron (kick-off 7.30pm), but both coaches admit the game is too close to call. Adams was in the 2013 Sir Gar team that won the title at the Principality Stadium and is one of two full Welsh internationals from the squad that day along with Ryan Elias. Other players, such as Will Boyde, Tom Phillips, Dan Jones and Kieran Hardy, are all in the Sacrlets squad.