GIGGS IS HAPPY TO ASK EDDIE’S ADVICE

RYAN Giggs has revealed he tried to tap into England rugby coach Eddie Jones’ vast experience as he embarks on his Wales management career.

Giggs enjoyed a dream start in his first game in charge after suceeding Chris Coleman in the job as Gareth Bale’s hat-trick inspired Wales to a 6-0 demolition of hosts China on Friday.

Tomorrow morning Giggs will be looking for his side to claim their first piece of silverware when Bale and Co take on Luis Suarez’s Uruguay in the China Cup final in Nanning.

Giggs admits he is very much a managerial novice, having had a four-game spell as caretaker Manchester United boss following David Moyes’ departure, and then taking on an assistant’s role under Louis van Gaal.

However, he can lay claim to having played his whole career under ar- guably the greatest manager of them all, Sir Alex Ferguson, and Giggs is keen to soak up as much knowledge as he can, from who he can.

He says he spoke to a lot of managers in the 18 months before he was appointed Wales boss, and also tried to pick up pointers from other leading figures in other sports, including the outspoken Aussie Jones.

“I was next to Eddie Jones at a dinner and stuff like that, I was in between Antonio Conte and him,” said Giggs.

“That was a nightmare actually as Eddie Jones was trying to ask me questions about Sir Alex but I wanted to get everything out of him.”

Giggs’ immediate aim is to take the prized scalp of the Uruguayans, who booked their place in the final with a 2-0 win over the Czech Republic, star duo Suarez and Edison Cavani scoring the goals.

And he is well aware that the South Americans are unlikely to be as genrous as the Chinese.

“I knew beforehand, whatever the result (against China), in the performance there was always going to be things to improve on,” he said.

“That was the case while I was watching the game – things that we’d worked on that we didn’t do. I watched the game back and obviously there were a lot of things we did well but there were things we didn’t, where if we were up against better teams, we would get punished.

“But the flipside is the things we did do well, no matter who you’re playing against, it would be very difficult to defend against.” Full interview: See Sport on Sunday