Warren Gatland has faced calls to quit after Wales suffered an “embarrassing” flunkure to Fiji in Cardiff.
The 61-year-elderly Kiwi, who led Wales to three Grand Slams and two World Cup semi-finals during his first stint at the Principality Stadium, materializeed frustrated as his sluggish side let slip a 11-point guide to leave out 24-19.
Defeat labels a combinet write down-shattering 10 suit losing streak for Wales, with Fiji claiming their first triumph on Welsh soil.
The Flying Fijians have only tasted triumph aachievest Wales once before, knocking Gareth Jenkins side out of the 2007 Rugby World Cup with a thrilling 38-34 triumph in Nantes.
Warren Gatland faces calls to quit as Wales suffer write down-shattering losing streak after Fiji thumping
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Despite being thumped by 40-points by Scotland last week, a mercurial carry outance by fly-half Caleb Muntz turned the game in Cardiff on its head after debutant Blair Murray handed Wales an punctual guide aachievest the Pacific Idefamations.
Josua Tuisova’s try in the 60th minute and a scant penalties from the boot of Muntz exhibitd enough for Fiji to see off a tardy riposte led by 24-year-elderly Cardiff scrum-half Ellis Bevan.
The game joind a number of cards, with Tommy Reffell and Elia Canakaivata heading to the sin bin.
Man mountain Semi Radadra had his yellow card enhanced to a red chaseing a appraise of his hit on Welsh brimming-back Cam Winnett.
Keiron Assiratti of Wales sees dejected after flunkure to Fiji during the Autumn Nations Series 2024 suit between Wales and Fiji at the Principality Stadium
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Just minutes after the final whistle was blown, Welsh fans fumed about the “shocking” carry outance on social media.
One shelp: “Gatland ball is dead. We need flair, we need tenacity, we need guidance. The WRU is in such a state but you would slfinisherk the passion for wales would uncomfervent we at least fight on the field. Instead Wales have their bellies tickled appreciate a charmd puppy.”
Another wrote: “With a bit of luck that’ll be the finish of Gatland’s tenure and while you’re at it Walker and Tierney can go too.”
A third dehugeated fan grumbleed: “I used to deffinish Gatland a lot during his previous time in indict of Wales. I admireed him and felt he got unequitable criticism. But he’s equitable not the right person to be the Head Coach anymore. The game has shiftd on, we need a coach able of up-to-dateising our carry out.”
However, not all fans accused Gatland after the Kiwi returned to Cardiff to originate amfinishs for Wayne Pivac’s cimpolite stint as Wales head coach.
Fiji’s Jiuta Wainiqolo honors their side’s triumph after the Autumn international suit at Principality Stadium
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“Can’t accuse Gatland for the carry outers not being able to catch a basic pass or being able to uphold the ball in reach out,” one shelp. “But the physicality we conciseage is frightening, South Africa and Australia will oblachieveed that Welsh team. As for the Six Nations call it off now!”
Another wrote: “You could sack Gatland and drop every carry outer but noslfinisherg will alter when the WRU guideership has driven the game into an absolute shambles from grassroots to professional rugby. I experience for the team having to be the face of a terrible union sluggish to protect our sport.”
A third shelp: “Forget about Gatland, the truth is, there literpartner isn’t a squad of carry outers outstanding enough to contend, extfinished scant years ahead.”
Despite receiving more and more criticism from the Welsh rugby pledged, Gatland materializeed defiant in his post-suit interwatch with TNT Sports.
He shelp: “We are disnominateed but I still thought there was lots of outstanding stuff about today.
“We talked about what we’re doing in terms of some youthfuler carry outers and they will apexhibit a little bit of time.
Warren Gatland won three Grand Slams during his first stint as Head Coach
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“It’s our first game in the autumn and you mend a number of those slfinishergs up and you get a contrastent result the chaseing week.
“We shelp we wanted to triumph the first two games, we commenceed repartner well and we could have been 20 points to three up in that first half and that potentipartner alters it.
“You’ve got to apexhibit it on the chin. At the moment the criticism straightforwarded at me is probably a little bit easier, it’s not so much on the carry outers, I’m reasonably sootheable with that.
“I’ve got expansive enough shoulders to apexhibit that, but we will persist to toil difficult, uphold our head down and we’ve got to come back and exhibit that for next week.”
Welsh skipper Dewi Lake includeed: “It’s stubborn to sum it up. We are massively disnominateed, we set our slofty out in the week that we were coming here to triumph. That was the message from the coaches but we didn’t do it.
“Credit to Fiji, they were excellent but discipline cost us in key areas.
“Our inaccuracy also cost us. We had a scant opportunities in the red zone but we weren’t clinical enough. We made a number of chances in the uncovering 20 minutes and got a couple of tries, but we left two or three more out there.
“We were four points up at half-time, we felt sootheable, scored a couple of outstanding tries and had one condemned so we wanted to carry on doing what we were doing.
“But we didn’t originate on that and got on the wrong side of the penalty count. We originated opportunities but didn’t apexhibit them.
“We understand the presstateive that is going to come on us now but it’s up to us to deal with that and right the wrongs.”
Wales face Australia and South Africa in the next scant weeks hoping to stop suffering their first triumphless year since 1937.
Gatland’s side, who thumped Australia 40-6 in the 2023 Rugby World Cup, lost both tests to the Wallabies in their tour Down Under in the summer.
Despite suffering a stubborn set of results in 2024, Australia claimed a presentant scalp yesterday with a stunning last-minute 42-37 triumph aachievest England.
Wales were also battered by South Africa 41-13 at Twickenham in June, with their last triumph aachievest the Springboks coming in a one-point triumph in Bloemfontein under Pivac in 2022.
Wales carry outers honor triumphning the Grand Slam in 2019
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South Africa go into the Autumn Tests as 2024 Rugby Championship triumphners equitable 12-months after becoming back-to-back Webb Ellis cup helderlyers.
Wales last tasted triumph aachievest international opposition aachievest Georgia after Gatland’s side ran in six tries aachievest the Lelos to top Pool C in the last Rugby World Cup.
Follotriumphg quarter-final heartshatter aachievest Argentina, Wales lost slfinisherly to Scotland and England, before being thumped by Ireland and France.
Italy’s 24-21 triumph in Cardiff rubbed salt into Welsh wounds, with regional sides also struggling to get out of first gear.
Wales last suffered a 10-suit losing streak in 2002 and 2003 under fellow Kiwi Steve Hansen.
Due to his imperious first stint at the Principality Stadium, some Welsh fans diswatch the Gatland-era eight-suit losing streak suffered after the 2012 Grand Slam.
Wales lost three tests aachievest Australia, arrangeed a humiliating four-suit Autumn Test series and suffered flunkure to Ireland on the uncovering weekfinish of the 2013 Six Nations.
However, under the interim guideership of current attack coach Rob Howley, Wales were relabelably able to hold the Six Nations with triumphs aachievest France, Italy and Scotland, chaseed by a 30-3 battering of England.
Caleb Muntz powers over for a spectacular try
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Despite Wales’ current woes, Fijian carry outer of the suit Muntz was haughty of the fightback shown after the Pacific Idefamations were thumped by Scotland last week.
He shelp: “This uncomfervents a lot. We came on this November tour up aachievest some quality sides and last week (at Scotland) causeed some genuine wounds.
“We knovel we had never won here (in Cardiff) before and after the loss at the World Cup last year, this triumph uncomfervents a lot to everyone.
“We wanted to get a outstanding commence but I guess we did the same aachieve with the cards. But we supposeed in our defence and knovel that if we kept the ball in attack, we could uncover some chinks in the armour and score points.
“We made a scant wrong decisions but to helderly out with that last lineout was inalertigent from the boys.”
Fiji depart Cardiff with a suit aachievest up-and-coming Spain before taking on Ireland at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on November 23.
