Wales start the running in their bid to be fittest team at RWC in Japan

Wales’ training camp ahead of the World Cup this year is underway and they shared photos of their work on Instagram.

The Grand Slam winners posted these latest images, showing the players being put through their paces with what looks like a lot of running. 

Warren Gatland is a notorious taskmaster and always strives to have the fittest team on the field. Wales’ Six Nations success this year was built upon a restless defence, which depends on all players to be in peak physical condition and able to outlast the opposition. 

Wales’ training camp on the fallow week before the England Test this year was famed for being brutal for the players, as Gatland put his players through “hell”, according to Shaun Edwards. That paid dividends, as the Welsh blitzed England in the final 20 minutes of their February encounter. 

The New Zealander is unlikely to break a habit of a lifetime, and it looks as though the work for the World Cup in September is starting now. This is what was shared: