{"id":18367,"date":"2024-11-22T19:36:52","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:36:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18367"},"modified":"2024-11-22T19:36:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:36:52","slug":"wales-players-need-to-address-brutal-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18367","title":{"rendered":"Wales players need to address &#039;brutal situation&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Springboks arrive in Cardiff after winning the Rugby Championship and have 10 victories from 12 Tests this year underlining a gulf between the teams in terms of form.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">South Africa have lost on four of their previous six Cardiff visits, but overall, it is six wins from the last seven against Wales.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We need to leave a performance we can feel proud of,&#8221; said Rowlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;At the beginning of the autumn we talked about the three games and targeting to have at least two wins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We haven&#8217;t delivered on that, but the last game can be important, result aside, from the performance that leaves a taste in everyone&#8217;s mouth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The experience gap is huge, with South Africa having 963 caps in their match-day squad compared to Wales&#8217; 334.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I have belief if we play well we can beat South Africa, but having a good performance will give us something to build on moving forward,&#8221; said Rowlands.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;They are not unbeatable. They are a fantastic side, and are world champions for a reason, but there are guys in our team who have beaten them before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cy9jrrwdvn7o\">www.bbc.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Springboks arrive in Cardiff after winning the Rugby Championship and have 10 victories from 12 Tests this year underlining a gulf between the teams in terms of form. South Africa have lost on four of their previous six Cardiff visits, but overall, it is six wins from the last seven against Wales. &#8220;We need [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18367\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}