Warren Gatland savouring sweetest win of his coaching career

It must rank as one of the sweetest wins of Warren Gatland’s chequered Welsh coaching career but I have a strange feeling that Australia could yet prove the biggest beneficiaries of this result.

Labelled in advance as the biggest game ever between England and Wales, it lived up to its billing for drama, excitement, and passion, if not for the quality of the rugby shown — but that tends to happen in major tournaments.

With both sides harbouring genuine aspirations of going the whole way in this World Cup, Saturday night’s Twickenham contest carried massive significance. England are the side now under all the pressure in this ridiculously challenging pool.