WALES’ stunning World Cup win at Twickenham led to plenty of sore heads on Sunday morning but Shaun Edwards has revealed the “restrained” squad were already plotting how to avoid a World Cup hangover against Fiji.

Warren Gatland’s injury-cursed team defied the odds to beat England 28-25 on their own turf but Pool A remains too tight to call.

The hosts can save themselves against Australia on Saturday while Wales have to patch themselves up for a tricky encounter with Fiji at the Millennium Stadium on Thursday before their finale against the Wallabies.

Defence coach Edwards said celebrations on the bus home from London didn’t go overboard – “the players were restrained but the management were quite lively” – because they are still fired up by their devastating semi-final loss to France four years ago.

“We have put ourselves in a good position, but the job is only half done and we are fully aware of that,” said the rugby league legend.

“We are still not definitely through even if we get the job done against Fiji on Thursday and we didn't come into this competition after the bitterness from 2011 just to beat England.

“We are far from safe yet. We have a lot more work to do and the lads who came so close in 2011 still have that feeling. We didn’t come into the tournament just to win one pool stage game.”

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Injury-hit Wales will also be going up against a rested Fiji side who are motivated by their final shot at glory following spirited displays against England and Australia.

“I have been incredibly impressed with Fiji,” said Edwards. “They are a very, very strong defensive unit and are obviously a threat offensively.

“Everyone knows about their broken field abilities while another thing that impressed me against England was their scrum. We are fully aware that we have got our hands full on Thursday.”

The chief protagonist on the journey back to Wales in the early hours of Sunday morning was Paul ‘Bobby’ Stridgeon but the recently appointed head of physical performance is a jester away from the traing paddock and deadly serious about his business on it.

“People have criticised our training schedule but they are so wrong,” said Edwards, referring to those pointing to the amount of injuries suffered by Wales.

“We’ve got one of the leading people in the world in strength and conditioning in Paul Stridgeon. Not just in our sport but any sport.

“He is one of the best in the whole world and the staff underneath him work their socks off as well. I think that showed in the second half against England when we were coming on strong, even with all the injuries we had.”

“These lads are so dedicated and so professional in everything that they do,” he continued. “There is something you need in sport to be a great player or a great team and that is resilience.

“Not everything will go your way all the time. Sometimes you just have to dig deep and show your resilience, that’s what our guys did.”