Anscombe issues Fiji warning as Wales bid to end losing streak / Photo: © AFP
-
Laos hostel staff detained after backpackers' deaths
-
Hong Kong LGBTQ advocate wins posthumous legal victory
-
Ukraine says cannot meet landmine destruction pledge due to Russia invasion
-
Rod Stewart to play Glastonbury legends slot
-
Winter rains pile misery on war-torn Gaza's displaced
-
'Taiwan also has baseball': jubilant fans celebrate historic win
-
Russia pummels Ukraine with 'record' drone barrage
-
Paul Pogba blackmail trial set to open in Paris
-
China's Huawei unveils 'milestone' smartphone with homegrown OS
-
Landmine victims gather to protest US decision to supply Ukraine
-
Indian rival royal factions clash outside palace
-
Equity markets retreat, dollar gains as Trump fires tariff warning
-
Manga adaptation 'Drops of God' nets International Emmy Award
-
China's Huawei launches 'milestone' smartphone with homegrown OS
-
Philippine VP denies assassination plot against Marcos
-
Four Pakistan security forces killed as ex-PM Khan supporters flood capital
-
Hong Kong's legal battles over LGBTQ rights: key dates
-
US lawmakers warn Hong Kong becoming financial crime hub
-
Compressed natural gas vehicles gain slow momentum in Nigeria
-
As Arctic climate warms, even Santa runs short of snow
-
Plastic pollution talks: the key sticking points
-
Indonesia rejects Apple's $100 million investment offer
-
Pakistan police fire tear gas, rubber bullets at ex-PM Khan supporters
-
Ronaldo double takes Al Nassr to brink of AFC Champions League last 16
-
Pakistan police fire tear gas, rubber bullets at pro-Khan supporters
-
Hong Kong same-sex couples win housing, inheritance rights
-
Indonesia digs out as flooding, landslide death toll hits 20
-
Liverpool's old guard thriving despite uncertain futures
-
Mbappe takes reins for Real Madrid in Liverpool clash
-
As AI gets real, slow and steady wins the race
-
China's Huawei to launch 'milestone' smartphone with homegrown OS
-
Porzingis and Morant make triumphant NBA returns
-
Hong Kong top court affirms housing, inheritance rights for same-sex couples
-
Philippines, China clashes trigger money-making disinformation
-
Most Asian markets drop, dollar gains as Trump fires tariff warning
-
England 'not quivering' ahead of New Zealand Test challenge
-
Bethell to bat at three on England Test debut against New Zealand
-
Trump vows big tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China
-
New Zealand and England to play for Crowe-Thorpe Trophy
-
Scheffler, Schauffele and McIlroy up for PGA Player of the Year
-
Trump to face less internal pushback in new term: ex-commerce chief
-
Extreme weather threatens Canada's hydropower future
-
More than 34,000 register as candidates for Mexico judges' election
-
Australia ban cycling's Richardson for life after UK defection
-
Internal displacement in Africa triples in 15 years: monitor
-
'Remarkable global progress': HIV cases and deaths declining
-
Social media firms raise 'serious concerns' over Australian U-16 ban
-
Tiger to skip Hero World Challenge after back surgery
-
MLB shifts six 2025 Rays games to avoid weather issues
-
US women's keeper Naeher retiring after Europe matches
Anscombe issues Fiji warning as Wales bid to end losing streak
Gareth Anscombe expects Wales to have their work cut out when they look to end a lengthy losing run in their November opener against Fiji this weekend.
Wales have lost nine straight Tests since beating Georgia during last year's World Cup and it will be a record-equalling tenth defeat in a row if Fiji win in Cardiff on Sunday.
The 2023 World Cup in France did see Wales overcome Fiji 32-26 in a Bordeaux epic, but victory was only achieved after Warren Gatland's men made a mammoth 253 tackles.
Fiji, however, fought back from 18 points down and could have won only for unmarked centre Semi Radradra to drop the ball with the Wales try-line at his mercy in the final play of the game as the Pacific islanders just missed out on a triumph to set alongside their 2007 World Cup defeat of the Welsh.
"They have got so many world-class athletes," Anscombe, in contention to start at fly-half for Wales this weekend, said Wednesday.
"They are not a side that requires too much shape or structure because they have got so much firepower.
"They can beat you one on one and once they are in behind you they are very hard to stop. They are a huge test and probably don't get the credit they deserve.
"It is going to take a massive performance from us to come out on the right side of it. They are a dangerous side and it is going to take a real disciplined performance from us."
Wales coach Gatland is set to name his team on Friday, with Anscombe one of several experienced players set to feature after missing the tour of Australia in July.
M.Furrer--BTB