CAPTAIN Sam Warburton says the Wales players to take responsibility for their own actions as they prepare for a win or bust encounter with Scotland.

Coach Warren Gatland resisted the temptation to wield the axe for Sunday's encounter of Murrayfield despite a woeful display in defeat to England at the Millennium Stadium in the tournament opener.

Wales barely fired a shot in attack and much of the blame has been apportioned to the 'Warrenball' style, which is brutally effective when it works but leaves them looking blunt when beaten at the set piece and in the collisions.

But openside Warburton believes the onus is on those on the field to find a more enterprising approach rather than relying on the management team to point them in the right direction.

"We need to try and play a bit more rugby," he said. "That's what we are about and when we play well we get our key players in the game and get some go-forward.

"Teams are starting to play a little bit less rugby against us and it's how we can adapt to that.

"I would never question the effort of anyone but sometimes you have to think on the move and it's not down to the coaches, they are not on the field with us and we have to figure it out ourselves. Players will take responsibility for that.

"We went in at half-time after Dan Biggar's drop goal and felt in control (leading 16-8). Things were going to plan but second half England slowed a lot of our ball, were effective at the tackle area, drove a lot of their lineouts and didn't give us too much possession.

"They got their tactics right and we didn't react to that."

The Wales players held a no-holds-barred team meeting on Monday afternoon in which they dissected the English embarrassment.

"A lot of players spoke up about their own roles and it's better than sitting down and having the coaches telling us X, Y, Z and what we should or shouldn't have done," said Warburton.

"They let the players figure it out for ourselves because that's what we will have to do in a game."

Wales have never lost to Scotland under Gatland and need to keep that run going if they are to have any hope of repeating their 2013 exploits when they won the title after losing their opener against Ireland.

"It's always an arm-wrestle against Scotland and it will be another big challenge for us," said Warburton. "It is must-win because if we want to win the Championship we are going to have to win all four."