Wales coach Warren Gatland says his side shouldn’t be bothered by being favourites to win the Six Nations competition.
Last time around Wales completed a comprehensive Grand Slam and if they can repeat the performance, they will become just the sixth side in the tournament’s history to achieve the feat back-to-back.
Gatland is confident his players can live up to expectations and have every chance of achieving the heights of last year.
“If we have ambitions to be compared with one of the best teams in the world, then we have to deal with the expectation and pressure. Even after the 2005 Grand Slam the team didn’t go into the next campaign as Six Nations favourites, but after the autumn series we had we are going into this championship with that tag.”