Autumn Nations Sequence: Neil Jenkins – ‘No hiding place’ for Wales in opposition to Australia after Georgia loss | Rugby Union Information | NEWSRUX

Wales shut out their autumn marketing campaign with a match in opposition to Australia in Cardiff on Saturday (kick-off 3.15pm); the hosts have received their final three matches in opposition to the Wallabies and are aiming to bounce again from a shock defeat to Georgia

Wales gamers present their dejection after their defeat to Georgia

Neil Jenkins has warned Wales there will probably be “no hiding place” for them in Saturday’s Autumn Nations Sequence finale in opposition to Australia.

Wales deal with the Wallabies seven days after dropping at dwelling to Georgia – a consequence which piled strain on head coach Wayne Pivac, who has received simply 13 of his 33 Exams in cost since he succeeded fellow New Zealander Warren Gatland after the 2019 World Cup.

Whereas there have been main highs in Pivac’s reign, resembling profitable the 2021 Six Nations title and defeating the Springboks in South Africa, Georgia’s success got here simply eight months after Italy triumphed in Cardiff and even a fourth-straight win over Australia may not be sufficient to appease Pivac’s critics.

“It is powerful – I’m not going to lie,” Wales assistant coach Jenkins stated. “It’s extremely disappointing, which might be placing it frivolously.

“It is one of many darkest days, however you’ve got to go once more. We have got one other Check match on Saturday, and it’s important that we flip up and entrance up.

“We do not need to be in that place, we do not need Wayne in that place, none of us need to be in that place.

“It is vital that collectively – gamers, workers, everybody – come collectively shortly, which I believe we have executed, and switch up on Saturday. There isn’t any hiding place, we have to be able to go on Saturday.”

Neil Jenkins expects a response from Wales in opposition to Australia

Georgia, courtesy of substitute Luka Matkava’s 78th-minute penalty, adopted fellow underdogs Romania (1988), Canada (1993) and Samoa (2012) in embarrassing Wales on dwelling soil.

Pivac’s trigger in opposition to Australia isn’t helped by the sport falling exterior World Rugby’s autumn fixture window.

Meaning gamers who don’t play their membership rugby in Wales, together with Gloucester winger Louis Rees-Zammit, Saracens centre Nick Tompkins and Exeter Chiefs ahead Christ Tshiunza, are unavailable.

Jenkins, capped 87 occasions by Wales as a participant between 1991 and 2002, is adamant Wales’ method doesn’t change with out these members of their squad although.

“It may very well be tiddlywinks, I need Wales to win and achieve success,” Jenkins stated. “Whether or not I am concerned in that or not is irrelevant to me, I need Wales to achieve success.

“We fronted up in South Africa through the summer time, and we fronted up after New Zealand [by beating Argentina]. We do not need to hold fronting up due to a poor show or a poor consequence.

“You do not are likely to see how effectively a workforce performs if you look again on historical past, however how usually they received and whether or not they obtained a Grand Slam or a World Cup. It’s usually concerning the finish consequence and the way you get there.”