Gatland rues missed chances

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Wales, who went down 20-15, still have just one victory against the Springboks to their name, but the Wales coach believed his side should have won given their domination in territory and possession. In the end Wales went down two tries to nil.

"It was a lost opportunity, absolutely," complained Gatland. "We are more than disappointed. It was real Test match - an arm wrestle. We had some chances there and I'm pretty unhappy."

He added: "I have said to the boys that they should be really disappointed because we were the best team out there. We played most of the rugby. We had our chances.

"The next step in the development of this team is to nail those opportunities.

"The unfortunate thing is that you have to take the pain and learn from your mistakes.

"I thought we were in the game, we competed well physically, we had 60% of possession and we had more territory. They also had a soft try from an intercept and a couple of soft three-pointers as well.

"I'd like to think from 12 months ago there has been a nice progression from this team.

"We want to compete against the best teams in the world. I thought we did that and had a chance to win it."