Wales are underwhelmed by the England team’s promise to turn Twickenham into a fortress for their match on Saturday. “We’re not intimidated by it,” said their head coach, Warren Gatland on Thursday, “I can tell you that.” England’s captain, Jamie George, mentioned the crowd again on Thursday, when he said that instead of starting Test week with the usual talk about their gameplan, the team spoke instead about how to make Twickenham a more hostile environment. George said that it had “set the tone for the week”.
“We want to be physical, we want to be confrontational, we want to be aggressive, if we do that then I think that the fans’ engagement will be very clear,” George said. “I think there’s going to be a great atmosphere at Twickenham. Now the responsibility is on us as players to go and back that up.” England, he said, have “a huge responsibility to give people opportunities to get off their seat and cheer.”
