FLYING wing Rhys Williams says the Wales squad want to create their own bit of history by beating Ireland at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday to win the Nation's first Grand Slam since 1978.

But not only that, said Williams, they also wanted to go on and emulate the great Welsh sides of the 60s and 70s by winning more.

Williams expects to be fit for the game and Wales have delayed naming their team until tomorrow to give him time to recover from a calf strain and for hooker Mefin Davies to overcome a deadleg.

"I have been having ice treatment on my calf every two hours and should be fit. It's the game I don't intend to miss," he said.

He said of Wales' prospects: "It would be suicide to let ourselves down now and we don't intend for that to happen.

"We want to create our own bit of history on Saturday but we will not be satisfied with that we want it to continue. We have not beaten Ireland since 1983 when I was just three years old so that in itself would be a big achievement.

"Ireland have grown as a team in the past four or five years and have been under this sort of pressure before. We haven't, but we believe we can handle it."

The Welsh players will be allowed home for the next three nights to enable them to maintain a relaxed approach.

Tickets for the game have been fetching around £2,000 on the black market but fans have been warned not to purchase any offered as there will be numerous forgeries.