O’Connell expects 'incredibly tough game' from Wales

With a narrow defeat to South Africa the only blemish in Wales’ World Cup 2011 campaign thus far, Paul O’Connell expects an intense challenge against Warren Gatland’s men in the quarter final.

Yesterday’s convincing 36-6 victory over Italy marked another historic chapter in Irish rugby as they topped a World Cup pool for the first time ensuring a quarter final draw which avoided all southern hemisphere opposition.