Owen blasts Welsh critics and vows to finish on a high

WALES captain Michael Owen has hit back at critics who claimed his side were not up for the challenge in Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations Championship defeat to Ireland in Dublin.

Wales were beaten 31-5 in a performance former Test fly-half Jonathan Davies described as “inept“.

Davies also suggested Gavin Henson, who has taken the defeat hard after coming on as a first-half replacement for the injured Stephen Jones, looked “uninterested“.