WALES will have no fear going to Twickenham on Saturday insists lock Ian Gough, though they haven't beaten England there for 20 years.

Gough, who quit Newport Gwent Dragons at the end of last season, has held off the challenge of new Ospreys teammate Ian Evans to win his 46th cap in Warren Gatland's first team selection since becoming Wales coach.

Gatland has caused more than a few ripples by picking 13 players from the Ospreys, the most from any team to play for Wales, three more than the Cardiff 10 back in 1948 in four matches.

The New Zealander dismissed any suggestion of controversy by saying he didn't take into consideration where the players were from, only form and whether they could do the job for Wales, though admitting certain combinations did find favour with him.

Gough said, "That's the way he's gone, though I was just looking out for my name in the team. But it shows there is huge competition throughout the side with the likes of Tom Shanklin, Stephen Jones and Gethin Jenkins missing out.

"But there is a great intensity and energy in training with different voices and different things being said. They are bouncing round the place and are showing great enthusiasm.

"England play very well at Twickenham, they got to the World Cup final and they're in the IRB top four teams. They play a structured game, they're very powerful, they don't make many mistakes and they don't lose many at Twickenham.

"Our regions have played particularly well against English sides, but we know more about them now. We used to fear English teams and they used to put 20 or 30 points on Welsh sides, but it's not happening now.

"We've got to be on our mettle and go out there and beat the juggernaut. No-one has got anything to fear.

"We have got to try and match the England pack, we got it right against them last year at home when we showed we have got the right forwards and we played in the right areas. We got it right then though we got it wrong in the World Cup warm-up game."

Gough says his move from the Dragons to the Opsreys has transformed his game. "Going there has been superb, the competition has been phenomenal," he said.

"Ian Evans and Alun Wyn Jones are world class players and just to get my slot there has been tough enough, but even that is not secure.

"I was very disappointed not to play against South Africa, but the reality is the place is not yours, it's not a given. The Gloucester game (when the Ospreys beat the English Premiership leaders convincingly) was good for us after they did a job on us there, but we dominated them in the wet weather.

"But this is different, it's Wales against England. We are a small nation and they are giants, I've played at Twickenham three times and had two heavy defeats, but we've got to go out there and conquer their threat."

superb, the competition has been phenomenal," he said.

"Ian Evans and Alun Wyn Jones are world class players and just to get my slot there has been tough enough, but even that is not secure.

"I was very disappointed not to play against South Africa, but the reality is the place is not yours, it's not a given. The Gloucester game (when the Ospreys beat the English Premiership leaders convincingly) was good for us after they did a job on us there, but we dominated them in the wet weather.

"But this is different, it's Wales against England. We are a small nation and they are giants, I've played at Twickenham three times and had two heavy defeats, but we've got to go out there and conquer their threat."