Rugby World Cup 2011: Wales on song for biggest game against France

A huge improvement by Warren Gatland’s young side since the Six Nations has left them a game away from the World Cup final Toby Faletau is a man of very few words, which is why he was presumably the only player in Wales’s starting lineup made available to the media on the eve of the semi-final against France. The 20-year-old No8 did reveal, in between pauses, that he listened to Kings of Leon on the day of a match to help him relax, and the American band’s album Youth and Young Manhood could serve as a soundtrack to the odyssey of the men in red in New Zealand. Wales arrived here last month unfancied and almost unnoticed, despite victories over England and Argentina in August. Although they had won three of their matches in the Six Nations, they were a functional side, as the statistics from the tournament showed. Wales kicked more than any other side, made the fewest passes, had the worst ruck clearance percentage, conceded the most penalties and made the fewest visits to an opponent’s

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