CAPTAIN Sam Warburton highlighted three areas that held the key to success ahead of Wales' Six Nations opener against England.

"In international rugby, the fundamentals of the pack are similar and there are three priorities: scrum, line-out and contact area," said the flanker.

"Every pack targets those areas and if you come out on top in two out of those three you have a good chance of winning that game."

It would be fair to say that England had a clean sweep in Cardiff on their way to a 21-16 success, denying Wales a platform to get their 'Warrenball' going.

It leaves them with a lot of soul-searching to do before next weekend's assignment against a Scotland side that showed plenty of fight in Paris.

Wales have been here before, most recently after the autumn defeat to Australia.

They stuck to their guns after yet another Wallabies disappointment and eventually got their reward against the Springboks.

Expect the same approach over the coming weeks following the 21-16 loss to England in the Six Nations opener.

It's not in Gatland's style to respond dramatically to a setback so there is little point in talking about developing a Plan B.

As number eight Taulupe Faletau said after the Millennium Stadium loss, it will be about executing the existing approach properly.

"I don't think it's the time for looking at different options," said the Newport Gwent Dragons man. "We just have to stick at what we are doing and fix a few things then hopefully we will start to go in the right direction."

Unlike the Wallabies reverse, when they scored three tries but were sloppy in defence, a complete lack of attacking threat was Wales' problem.

Nonetheless, Wales won't deviate from their direct, power-running gameplan and there won't be drastic changes to the XV.

Liam Williams should come in on one of the wings, Scott Williams could come in at outside centre, loosehead Rob Evans could feature, a swift recall for Ken Owens will come in the next few weeks while Gareth Anscombe is sure to come into the 23 at some stage.

But Wales will stick to the tried and tested, hoping that they can somehow get back into title contention as in 2013.

"Warren didn't say a lot, you could see in the changing rooms that nobody needed to talk," said Faletau. "The boys were disappointed but we will stick together and bounce back for Scotland.

"There is still a chance for us to win the tournament, we just need to do the hard work.

"We just have to take each game as it comes, as we have before in this tournament after we've lost the first game and come back to lift the trophy.

"It didn't go our way this time but that's happened before and we've managed to crawl back. That's what we will be looking to do again this year."