Sam Warburton, the captain of the Wales Rugby Team is extremely adamant that the fact that the reigning Six Nations Grand Slam champions have lost each of their last seven tests will have very little significance when they embark on the defense of their title against Ireland on the 2nd of February at home. Speaking at the launch of the tournament, the Welsh skipper stated that it is always a great feeling to go into a tournament as the defending champions adding that the entire team can get a lot of confidence from that tag.
Wales is the only team in the tournament where rugby is the sport for winter rather than football has had a string of disappointing results over the last couple of months, losing narrowly in each and every one of their games away from home, as well as a home loss to Australia apart from two morale sapping losses to the likes of Samoa and Argentina.
The Wales Rugby Team suffered a 3-0 series whitewash Down Under and when they were very close to beating The Wallabies at home, they conceded a try with the very last play of the game to go down 12-14. But Warburton insisted that the team did not deserve their loss at the hands of Australia, adding that they played decent enough before going on to state the entire team performed on that day except in the last minute when the entire defense stood still.
And the skipper of the Wales Rugby Team insisted that it was their performance that made it difficult to accept the defeat and it was a match that they should have won with ease. But he stated that the situation is not as bad as people think and it is recoverable with a bit of hard work.