Tonight’s rugby news as Wales coach will take ‘ugly’ win and prop moves past selection frustrations Wales forwards coach Jonathan Humphreys insists they will take an “ugly win” against Fiji on Sunday.

Warren Gatland’s side have lost nine Test matches in a row and defeat at the Principality Stadium on Sunday would see Wales equal the record number of defeats on the bounce, set by Sir Steve Hansen’s side in
2002-03. Wales face a Fiji side who they only just beat in a titanic tussle at last year’s Rugby World Cup and Humphreys admits his side would take any sort of victory.

“The win we would take but if we get the processes and everything we try to do on a day-to-day basis right then we’ve got more chance of getting over the line and getting that win,” said the former Wales hooker. “The thing we can’t do is focus on an outcome, you just can’t do that because this game is about minute-by-minute, second-by-second.

“The only thing we can actually control is that process and if we end up with a great process and getting an ugly win we’ll take that. We’d probably just take an ugly win.”

Fiji suffered a 57-17 hiding at the hands of Scotland at Murrayfield last weekend but are boosted by the return of 11 English and French based players. World class talents such as Semi Radradra, Josua Tuisova and Jiuta Wainiqolo are expected to figure for the Pacific Islanders on Sunday.

And Humphreys is extremely respectful of the dangers posed by Fiji. “They are incredibly dangerous,” he said.

“They come down the short side and you think there’s nothing on it’s like a four v four or a four v three and they’ll get someone free. Once they get behind you they are so difficult to stop. We did a lot of work on them in the World Cup.

“That first game you were like at any point they can go and score but at any point they can make a mistake. It’s about us.. what are we, what are our principles and what do we do?

“The first port of call is us. If we get that right we’ll be ok but if we get over anxious about what they could bring then you are going away from what it is you need to do to win. It’s that balance for us.

“We have a huge amount of respect for them. In the World Cup we got away from them and got a couple of scores up but then before you know it if they hit 12 short in that last play he’s going in under the sticks.

“It’s a really tough one for us.”

(Information sourced: Wales Online)