Lee Byrne says he's not sure Wales can get further than the quarter-finals in this year's Rugby World Cup , saying other teams are looking "a lot stronger at the moment".
The former international full-back, who played his last game for Wales at the 2011 World Cup, said this year's tournament was open but said teams like England had a better chance of going all the way.
Speaking on Brian Moore's Full Contact podcast , Byrne, who played 46 times for Wales, said: "Injuries aside, I think we'll get out of the pool and I'm hoping we can go further than the quarter-finals but I'm not quite sure.
"I think there are some strong teams out there in a really open World Cup. Ireland, England, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa are looking a lot stronger than us at the moment."
But he added that "Gatland usually peaks his players just right", saying: "Let's wait and see. Hopefully, Wales can get stronger as the tournament goes on but I'm not quite sure at the moment. I think out of the pool is our best chance."
He did, however, think England were good enough to go all the way.
"I probably won't be liked for this much in Wales but I think they are, I really do", he said.
"I know you can't look too much into the warm-up games, I just like the way they play, the power and strength in depth they've got, it's got to be the strongest going into the World Cup, better than New Zealand.
"The question is if they go behind have they got the ability to come back and win games. They've shown in the past they haven't. For me, that would be the only question mark."
He also said Wales don't have instinctive rugby players to the same extent as teams like New Zealand.
"I honestly think you can't coach being instinctive," he said.
"Look at the All Blacks, the possession they had against South Africa, they didn't have that much, but as soon as they get a sniff of that try line or turnover, you can't coach what they've got.
"I don't think we have that in the Welsh team at the moment. We've got some great players who can play to a structure but are they instinctive rugby players? I don't think so, not like the best teams like New Zealand."
He said Wales would be happy with how they dealt with their first game, and singled out Josh Adams for his performance.
"Josh Adams was a positive for me," he said.
"I think he had five line breaks, 100-odd metres, one try to show for it, but he looked really dangerous. George North can get into the game a bit more for my liking, he needs to be looking for work against Australia and Fiji and into the quarters.
"I can't remember the last time Wales scored three times in a game, let alone six, so for me that was a positive.
"You couldn't really take much from the second half. Georgia didn't come up with more than five phases. When you come up against Australia and Fiji you know they're going to be doing 15 or 20 phases frequently, so the only person who'll be happy with that today will be Shaun Edwards, the defensive coach, because they've had a good workout from the Georgians.
"The players were blowing, they've found their lungs in the humidity and they'll be happy with that first game, I think.
"Australia are so stubborn when it comes to World Cups and their back line is looking incredibly dangerous at the moment. I think [Wales] are going to have their hands full. They've been put through a work-out defensively but Georgia didn't go through five phases. But Australia, with guys like Kurtley Beale, are going to be running it from everywhere. I'm hoping we can come out of that game with a win."
He called Stephen Jones "a great man" and "one of the most skilful players I've ever played with".
He said: "His rugby brain is phenomenal. He's trained many of these players with the Scarlets, he's a familiar face and I think he'll have a really positive effect on the team and will be running his own skill sessions in training, so it's a good move."
