Wales coach Steve Tandy refused to blame the fixture as his side were hammered 73-0 by South Africa in Cardiff .

The out-of-window match has been roundly criticised this week, with Wales missing 13 players based in England and France. Given their results over the last year, the value of playing a fixture against the back-to-back world champions with such a depleted team had been questioned by many.

Even given its status as a money-maker fourth autumn Test for the Welsh Rugby Union, despite only pulling in a crowd of 50,112 - the lowest ever for the Springboks at a full-capacity Principality Stadium - the hefty scoreline only served to confirm those concerns.

Wales were kept scoreless in Cardiff for the first time since 1967, while it was nearly a record defeat - getting close to the

See Full Page