South Africa 43-0 Wales: Steve Tandy ‘bitterly disappointed’ to lose

Wales head coach Steve Tandy said he was disappointed to end the season with a 43-0 defeat to South Africa.

Tandy’s side once again failed to pick up a point against South Africa as the Springboks ran out convincing Nations Championship winners in Durban.

South Africa won their previous match 73-0 in November while Wales conceded 11 tries and suffered their heaviest home defeat.

The world champions were ruthlessly nowhere on home soil, but still scored seven tries with Jasper Wiese, Cobas Reinach, Jesse Kriel, Jaco Williams, Herschel Jantzis, Kurt-Lee Arendse and Paul de Villiers crossing.

“I’m bitterly disappointed with the scoreline,” said Tandy.

“I appreciate the team’s all around effort, they stayed in the fight for large parts of the game.

“There’s huge pride in our players, how hard they’ve worked and how much effort they’ve put in against the world champions.”