Ireland head coach Andy Farrell solely picked two Welsh gamers when he was the British and Irish Lions boss for the 2025 tour with flanker Jac Morgan and scrum-half Tomos Williams travelling to Australia.
Lake was requested whether or not the Lions choice indicated the distinction between the 2 sides in the mean time.
“It can’t not, really,” mentioned Lake. “Ultimately over the last 12 months, we haven’t been good enough as a team.
“The two people, Tomos and Jac, are world-class gamers and absolutely deserved to be on that tour.
“We haven’t put enough results together, we haven’t shown the team and the individuals that we can be over the last 12 months.
“Ireland are a crew which have massively grown and are prime-class. It exhibits an apparent gulf on the minute. But on our day, we imagine we will beat anybody.”
Lake says Wales will not be trying to prove Farrell wrong this weekend.
“I do not suppose that is acquired something to do with it as to why we expect we will compete in opposition to Ireland,” mentioned Lake.
“Regardless of who’s in the room, or who’s teaching, we imagine we’re a adequate crew to do a job on them.”
