Wales slumped to a 12th successive Test match defeat and head coach Warren Gatland saw the pressure ramped up on him as world champions South Africa won 45-12 at the Principality Stadium. For the first time since 1937, Wales went a whole calendar year without winning a Test, and many will feel that Gatland's job is now hanging by a thread.

World champions South Africa canter to seven-try victory in Cardiff as defeat sees Wales end 2024 without a single Test victory; Warren Gatland refuses to be drawn on future as pressure mounts on his

Wales head coach Warren Gatland saw the pressure on him grow as South Africa ran riot at the Principality Stadium with a 45-12 victory.

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World champions South Africa hammered Wales 45-12 in Cardiff on Saturday to condemn Warren Gatland's team to a 12th consecutive Test defeat and a winless calendar year for the first time since 1937.

Wales have finished 2024 without a victory after being thumped 45-12 by South Africa in Cardiff. Warren Gatland's side haven't tasted success since the group stages of the Rugby World Cup in October last year. Their next chance to arrest their decline is away to France at the start of next year's Six Nations.

World Champions South Africa arrive in Cardiff to take on a Wales side facing the prospect of losing an unprecedented 12th successive international Test.