#then take it off us!’: Warren Gatland laughs off rankings jibe"

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‘If he’s not happy, then take it off us!’: Warren Gatland laughs off rankings jibe

& # 39; If it is not happy, get it from us! & # 39 ;: Warren Gatland laughs at the rankings while World Rugby vice-president Agustin Pichot suggests that it is wrong for Wales to be in the top position to take over

Warren Gatland has criticized Wales number 1 in world rugby

World Rugby Vice President Agustin Pichot & Criticized # 39 ridiculous & # 39; rankings

Gatland laughed at Pichot & # 39; s comments and said that Wales will roll No. 1

by # 39; expired & # 39; Will Kelleher for the Daily Mail

Published: 22:07 BST, August 29, 2019 | Updated: 22:12 BST, August 29, 2019

Warren Gatland mocked that theirs weren't earns Nr. 1 world ranking – he says he likes to sacrifice the place to satisfy critics at the top of the sport.

Agustin Pichot, vice president of World Rugby, labeled the ranking system of his own governing body as & # 39; ridiculous & # 39; and suggested Wales should not be a top dog that has not beaten for 66 years New Zealand .

Wales has become England at number 1 after its last World Cup warming and will stay there by beating Ireland at home this weekend.

Wales boss Warren Gatland rejected criticism of his party number 1 in world rugby

And before Saturday's game, Gatland laughed at the comments of the Argentinian Pichot.

& # 39; I'm pretty happy that I can reject the position, & # 39; he joked. & # 39; We will give up from now on! We didn't go in and requested it. If he's not happy, get him from us! It doesn't bother us.

& # 39; We officially refuse the position – thank you very much! & # 39; This was a reaction to the outspoken Pichot who said: & # 39; It is a rank that was done poorly and I said it the first day I arrived at World Rugby.

& # 39; It has no order, it's all mathematical and I'd say it's almost a marketing issue.

World Rugby's vice-president Agustin Pichot (photo) criticized the & # 39; ridiculous & # 39; rankings

& # 39; This was demonstrated when Wales never defeated New Zealand (since the ranking was made in 2003) and now appears first.It's ridiculous! I'm going to change it, I assure you. & # 39;

Gatland – fourteen players from England switched wins fourteen days ago and debuted 21-year-old Owen Lane and prop Rhys Carre – then set the heat on in the fight with Ireland.

Joe Schmidt, their head coach, suffered the worst defeat of his tenure in Twickenham last weekend and lost 57 to 15.

And his counterpart ger said that the Irish are now deeply concerned about the World Cup opener just three weeks away.

& # 39; They are under enormous pressure at home with a lot of criticism, given that they did not go any further in the World Cups than they had expected & # 39 ;, Gatland beat.

& # 39; There are many doubts in the minds of the coaches about who their best players are – some of their players are getting a little older – it is a time to get some of the youngsters into it stop?

Gatland joked that his Wales side was never applied to the rankings and & # 39; can be perfect & # 39; if they must

& # 39; It is a huge game for Ireland that will answer many questions.

& # 39; That is why I am enthusiastic. It is a challenge for us. This is professional sport and we can put a huge dent in their confidence and derail them a bit. & # 39;

Gatland chooses his last 31-person World Cup team on Sunday – and has challenged his marginal players, who are captured by Josh Navidi to make themselves a hero on Saturday and force their plans. Evans and Rhys Patchell each play a half on No 10 knowing that only one will be selected on Sunday to go to Japan with Dan Biggar as one of the two fly halves.

& # 39; They are well aware that they get the chance on Saturday and it's probably a shout between them both, "Gatland said.

" Jarrod gets a chance, we know a little more about Rhys Patchell, so the pressure is on Jarrod and he fully understands that. & # 39;

WALES : Amos; Lane, Williams, Watkin, S Evans; J. Evans, A. Davies; Carre, Elias, Lee, Beard, B. Davies, Shingler, J. Davies, Navidi.

IRELAND : Addison; Conway, C. Farrell, Aki, Stockdale; Carty, Marmion; Kilcoyne, Scannell, John Ryan; Henderson, James Ryan, Beirne, O & # 39; Mahony ©, Conan.

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