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• 'What will be, will be' – Gatland will respect any decision on Wales future

  Warren Gatland accepts his future is out of his hands after Wales suffered a record-setting defeat to Australia.

  Wales were hammered 52-20 by the Wallabies in Cardiff on Sunday, as Australia scored eight tries in their biggest ever away win over the Welsh.

  It marked an 11th straight Test defeat for Wales, who face world champions South Africa in their next outing.

  Wales are on their worst ever run of defeats, and Gatland knows there is plenty of negativity around his coaching.

  "It's the most challenging time I've ever known as a coach and what will be, will be," Gatland told TNT Sports.

  "I will chat to a few people as to what happens from here.

  "I am passionate about Welsh rugby but there's a lot of negativity around the game right now and we want to make sure what happens is the best for Welsh rugby, not about me. I will respect the decision."

  Gatland is in his second stint in charge of Wales, having led them for 12 years between 2007 and 2019, leading them to four Six Nations titles.

  Yet Wales have been abysmal as of late, and were dispatched by an Australia team that were reduced to 14 men for 20 minutes of the second half.

  "It hurts. We got ourselves back into the game, but to me, we're a man up and conceded three tries - 21 points - that's really disappointing," he added.

  "From our point of view, we had a chance to put them under pressure, we probably just forced things - [conceded] some turnovers, some penalties, so that was disappointing.

  "I felt we had the chance to get ourselves back into it and kind of just shot ourselves in the foot.

  "We spoke about it at half-time, some momentum, go out there and be accurate, we'll get some opportunities and when we play with tempo and keep the ball we look good.

  "[Conceding] 21 points with a man advantage, it's not often that happens."

  Wales prop Gareth Thomas told S4C: "We're all very disappointed after that. We came into the game with a lot of energy, everything was in place coming into the game. We had confidence with the coaches.

  "Our discipline let us down and we're very disappointed. We've let ourselves down. They were down to 14 men and we couldn't take advantage."

  Australia's Tom Wright capped off his hat-trick just before full-time, and he was keen to highlight the Wallabies' dominant display.

  "That was an awesome 80-minute performance," he told TNT Sports. "Ebbs and flows, we gave a lot of momentum to Wales at stages, we made it difficult for ourselves, but those are games you like to be a part of.

  "There was a lot of ball in play, Wales were really up for the content and really made us earn all those points."

• Borthwick concedes 'these are painful days' after Springboks defeat

  Steve Borthwick was left "incredibly disappointed and frustrated" following England's defeat by South Africa, conceding "these are painful days".

  England suffered their fifth successive Test loss after going down 29-20 at the Allianz Stadium on Saturday.

  The hosts were quick out of the blocks with Ollie Sleightholme crossing on his first international start, and led 20-19 in the second half.

  However, a Handre Pollard penalty and Cheslin Kolbe's second try of the game settled the contest in favour of South Africa, who then stubbornly defended their lead during a late England surge. 

  Borthwick's side have now lost three consecutive home games for the first time since 2006, but he hopes these experiences will benefit his players further down the line.

  "I am incredibly disappointed and frustrated," he told BBC Radio 5 Live. "You see so much good' the way the team came out of the blocks at the start and came at South Africa.

  "Then, for a long time, the game was toe-to-toe, but in the last period, we failed to take our opportunities. How many times did we fail to take our chances in their 22?

  "These are painful days. At times, we are putting ourselves in positions to win games, and we are not converting them. Whilst these are painful, we will use them in a positive way to help with our development.

  "We have a lot of young players that have come into this team, and we have accelerated their transition.

  "As you look towards the future, these players are going to be brilliant international players. But, right now, these days of development are tough. We will persevere and be better because of these experiences."

  Borthwick is adamant England are "going in the right direction", and believes he still has the backing of the RFU.

  "I'm not going to be talking about private conversations here, but what’s actually more important is the feeling I get," he added. 

  "The feeling I get from the RFU is one of absolute support and absolute belief that this team is going in the right direction."

• Galthie hails 'special match' as France edge to narrow win over All Blacks

  Fabien Galthie says it was a "special match" after France edged past New Zealand 30-29 on Saturday.

  The All Blacks held the lead at half-time as tries from Peter Lakai and Cam Roigard helped put them 17-10 up, with Romain Buros powering over on his debut to keep France in touching distance.

  However, the hosts flipped the script in the second half, coming out strong as Paul Boudehent dotted down after a powerful maul to help level the scoreline.

  Louis Bielle-Biarrey then gave them the lead, and though Damien McKenzie's penalties kept the All Blacks on France's heels, Tomas Ramos also stayed perfect with his kicks, doing enough to help them record a third straight win over New Zealand.

  Les Bleus had gone 14 games without a win against New Zealand prior to this run, while it is the first time since 1994-95 they have managed three in a row against their opponents.

  Galthie was delighted with his players' focus to ensure they overcame the half-time deficit.

  "It was a special match; we know the opponent. When you see the scenario of the match, winning by one point, it brings back memories," he told TF1.

  "We have six years of experience with this team. For a few years, we have had arguments, we have identified how to play them, we are sticking to this roadmap. We had to keep our heads down.

  "At half-time, we found solutions. It's a close call, but a point is a lot. I am very proud, this is the third time we have hosted them. Three times we have beaten them. We have confidence. They have given us weaknesses, cracks."

  New Zealand, meanwhile, saw a five-game winning run ended as they suffered their first defeat since early September.

  Ardie Savea admitted that they struggled against France's aggressiveness in the second half, and was disappointed they did not deal with the threat better.

  "Extremely disappointed with ourselves not to win the game. We made silly mistakes. We turned the ball over to this French squad, which can punish us and they did. I'm pretty gutted," he told TNT Sports.

  "Of course, you [have to credit France in the second half]. We felt like we were in control, and we were pretty accurate in the first half, but in the second half, we let them in the game.

  "They applied pressure on us, and we couldn't handle it. Towards the end, we just got stuck in our line and we couldn't do it. I'm extremely disappointed but proud of the boys.

  "We didn't hit our targets. We want to win everything, but we couldn't, and that's credit to the French squad, they're a quality side. We have to look in the mirror and see where we could've put the nail in the coffin because we didn't do that."