HALLAM Amos’ dancing feet have been put to use as Wales prepare for the rapid footwork of England’s World Cup dangermen.

Warren Gatland’s team kick off their tournament against Pool A whipping boys Uruguay in Cardiff on Sunday but it’s the Twickenham showdown with the hosts a week on Saturday that will be their first test.

England have a formidable pack and fine broken field runners in Anthony Watson, Jonny May and Jonathan Joseph, the last of whom starred in their 21-16 win in the Six Nations opener in Cardiff.

The Bath centre scored a try at the Millennium Stadium where he stood up Dan Biggar and powered past George North and Rhys Webb so defence coach Shaun Edwards has revealed Newport Gwent Dragons speedster Amos is among the Wales players tasked with replicating his skills.

“You have to counteract certain aspects of the attacking strengths,” said Edwards. “England backs have fantastic footwork so I won’t hide the fact we have been practicing a lot against guys with really good feet and that sort of player.

“We have practicing with our own guys and we have got good feet with people like Hallam Amos.

“We have a lot of big backs and powerful guys who if you run pretty much straight at them I am confident our guys will be able to tackle you.

“That’s why we have been working on all aspects of the defence either head-on and people with tricky feet and the English players are very good in this department.

“We are playing against a very potent attacking team who can hit you in all ways,” he continued.

“They have some electric backs and play expansive rugby but they can also hit you through the forwards with a mauling game.

“We have our hands full and know we have a huge challenge ahead but we are preparing well for that.”

Wales will hope to head over the Severn Bridge on the back of a comprehensive success against Uruguay.

The South American minnows will have a tough few weeks with Gatland’s team, England, Australia and Fiji all looking to improve their points difference in case a tie-breaker is needed.

“Their players are not household names so it’s really important we don’t underestimate them in anyway and we need just to concentrate on our own performance,” said Edwards.

“That unpredictability is unusual because you are playing against players you are not normally playing against. But we have footage of them and the lads have been looking at.”