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Delve keen to make up for lost time in Pretoria

AFTER five long years, Gareth Delve is hoping his wait for a first Welsh start may finally be about to end. Read

Team see shadow of Gatland axe

STEPHEN JONES last night stressed that the Welsh players expect Warren Gatland to wield the axe if they produce another sub-standard performance in Saturday’s rematch with South Africa. Read

Horgan: Under-20 starlets to make Gatland squad

WALES Under-20 boss Patrick Horgan believes up to five of his players could be challenging for places in Warren Gatland’s senior squad 12 months from now. Read

Legend Jenks backs Roberts to bounce back

JAMIE Roberts is expected to keep the full-back berth for the second Test against the Springboks, despite a mixed performance in the first Test defeat in Bloemfontein. Read

Players learn Shaun Edwards hates losing

FOR Shaun Edwards, Wales’ inspirational defence coach, the one-sided defeat to South Africa on Saturday was personal. Read

Young Ford follows in family footsteps for rugby glory bid

FORMER Cardiff favourite Steve Ford’s son Luke makes his first start for Wales Under-20s tonight, claiming he’s more like ‘the rubber man’ than his dad. Read

Why Gatland must ring changes in South Africa

WARREN GATLAND has a stark choice to make when he ponders his team selection for Saturday’s second Test in Pretoria. Read

Edwards puts blame on rustiness

SHAUN Edwards placed much of the blame for Wales’ sub-standard performance on rustiness. Read

Gatland will soon find out his players’ true mettle

WARREN Gatland is in new territory as Wales coach after his first defeat in charge against world champions South Africa in Bloemfontein. Read

Tough talking by Gatland after ‘humiliating’ defeat

WARREN GATLAND read the riot act to his Wales side after what he described as a ‘humiliating’ defeat to the world champions, South Africa. Read

Wales simply must use rugby’s Ronaldo

RUGBY great Jeremy Guscott has compared Shane Williams to Cristiano Ronaldo and declared Wales’ only chance of turning things around in Pretoria is for Warren Gatland to shake up his tactics. Read

Shane Williams was a shining light for Wales

SHANE WILLIAMS last night admitted he was “angered” at Wales’ battering in Bloemfontein. Read

We were not good enough, admits Gethin

IT wasn’t the result he would have wanted to mark his record-breaking appearance for his country, but Gethin Jenkins, above, couldn’t have done much more for the Welsh cause in Bloemfontein. Read

Warren Gatland: Let's accept the challenge

WARREN GATLAND’S brutal honesty and utter frankness has marked out his reign as Wales coach so far and his verdict after his first defeat as national coach against the world champions, South Africa, was no different. Read

We didn’t do ourselves justice – Jones

STEPHEN JONES last night admitted that Wales had failed to do themselves justice as Six Nations champions in producing an error-strewn performance against South Africa. Read

We must prove ourselves – Shanklin

TOM SHANKLIN says Wales will be desperate to show their true selves when they take on South Africa in Saturday’s rematch in Pretoria. Read

It’s time to Bok up our ideas

IT was Bok to reality for Wales as they went from Grand Slam to grand slump during 80 sobering minutes in the city of roses. Read

Ryan tells his Welsh team to ‘front up’ in Pretoria

RYAN Jones has told his players they are accountable for Wales’ one-sided defeat to the Springboks in Bloemfontein. Read

We were fired up by Wales boasts – Boks skipper

SOUTH Africa captain John Smit revealed that Wales’ pre-match boasts of a physical confrontation provided the motivation for the reigning world champions. Read