Warren Gatland’s Wales males’s workforce performed 11 Exams and misplaced 11 Exams in 2024.
Their general worldwide dropping sequence now stands at 12, stretching again to October 2023 when Wales misplaced within the World Cup quarter-final to Argentina in Marseille.
It’s the first time since 1937 the nationwide aspect have gone a whole calendar yr with out profitable a Check and so they occupy their lowest ever world rating place of eleventh, simply above Georgia.
After the lack of Louis Rees-Zammit to American soccer, skilled campaigners like Dan Biggar, Leigh Halfpenny and Tomas Francis by retirement and unavailability, together with accidents to Dewi Lake, Jac Morgan and Taulupe Faletau, an inexperienced aspect, led by Wales’ second-ever youngest captain Dafydd Jenkins, suffered 5 Six Nations losses.
This resulted in a primary Picket Spoon in 21 years as Wales completed backside for the primary time since 2003.
After George North additionally introduced his worldwide farewell and Ken Owens revealed his retirement, a summer time loss towards South Africa at Twickenham preceded a 2-0 collection defeat in Australia earlier than a solitary success in an uncapped match towards Queensland Reds.
A dire autumn introduced defeats to Fiji, Australia and South Africa which prolonged Wales’ dropping run to that spherical dozen and put them within the document books.
Regardless of the dismal document, head coach Gatland stays in cost for the 2025 Six Nations. It begins with a visit to face France in Paris on Friday, 31 January with out injured captain Lake, one of many few success tales of a traumatic yr.
Gatland is contracted till the 2027 World Cup however with a hit price of solely 25% for his second spell in cost, he has been given the Six Nations to instigate a revival.
