Wales captain ‘massively disappointed’ by 48-7 loss
Borthwick pays tribute to hat-trick scorer Arundell
The Wales captain, Dewi Lake, has apologised to Welsh supporters for “letting them down” after his team’s comprehensive 48-7 defeat to England. The visitors were second best in all departments and have now lost 22 of their last 24 Test matches with a buoyant France heading for Cardiff next Sunday in ominous form.
Lake did not mince his words after his team’s latest heavy loss which saw them concede seven tries and receive four yellow cards. “We let ourselves down, we let people down. We spoke all week about what we were going to produce and we didn’t do it. There is no other way to say it – we’re massively disappointed what we put on the field today.
“Every voice matters to us at the minute, every fan in a seat that can get behind us. We said we would get the fans on their feet and we didn’t today. We put ourselves under pressure, the penalty count and the yellow cards are down to us. We will be better next week. This group will fight for each other all day, there is never a question of effort. [But] we weren’t accurate enough when we had opportunities. You can’t do that against one of the form teams in world rugby.”
