Wales are determined to right the wrongs of their opening Guinness Six Nations defeat to Ireland, insists Josh Adams.
The British and Irish Lions wing is one of six Cardiff stars involved in the matchday 23 for Saturday’s trip to Edinburgh to face a Scotland outfit who claimed an impressive win over England at Twickenham last week.
And while Adams is fully aware of the challenge ahead in the Scottish capital, he is confident that Wales will produce a response.
"We are so eager to go and put things right as soon as possible. Scotland are playing really well at the minute. They have got some great players, but we expect to be better next week definitely,” said the Blue and Blacks wing.
“[Last week] there were no excuses. We need to be better definitely. Ireland just blew us away the first 20 minutes. They are a good team, they are physical, they are well drilled.
“In the first 20 minutes, they dominated us in every aspect of the game, which was disappointing.
“We couldn’t get a foothold in the match and they were 14 points up inside ten minutes. In international rugby, that’s a mountain to climb, especially against a team like Ireland.
“Discipline really let us down. It was nine penalties before half-time and we keep a target of ten penalties in a whole game. That’s not a great start and is something that will need to be addressed definitely.
“I think we were a lot better in the second half. We kept our discipline, we applied a lot more pressure and we gave ourselves chances of scoring.
Adams continues: “There were a few sloppy turnovers in their 22. Ireland are a really good example of a team that blast past the contact area and create quick ball. That’s definitely something we can get better at in terms of our speed to breakdown and our ferocity in the contact area.
“It’s being clinical. That’s just a word, there are a lot of little bits that go with that. We will have a look at that. I am definitely confident we will get better.
“If you don’t have tough conversations, if you are not honest with each other, you are just papering over cracks. There is no getting better unless you are honest. Warren will drive us as a head coach, working harder, really focused on getting better at the aspects that didn’t go as well.”