 Wales look destined for the wooden spoon |
Wales coach Steve Hansen blamed his side's wastefulness near the Scottish tryline for their 30-22 defeat at Murrayfield. Hansen's men totally dominated possession and field position in the second-half, but failed to make their advantage pay.
Mark Taylor and Rhys Williams scored injury time tries as the Scotland defence tired, but defeat was already inevitable by then.
Wales also wasted golden try-scoring opportunities against England a fortnight ago, and Hansen admitted the players must learn from their mistakes.
"We played some good football - we just didn't take the opportunities we created for ourselves," Hansen told BBC Sport.
"It's just the nature of the side. It's youthful, it's learning and we rush chances when a little more composure would have meant we'd finish them off."
Wales struggled with their lineout, particularly in the first-half. Hansen paid tribute to Scotland's jumpers, but was critical of referee Pablo Deluca.
He said: "There were a couple of strange decisions from the referee.
"His rulings at the lineout are some I've never experienced in any other game I've coached in.
 We wanted a big performance this week...we didn't get it |
"Speaking to him prior to the game he never mentioned it, so that was disappointing. "Their defensive lineout was outstanding. They had three locks playing and they shut us down."
Taylor admitted the players struggled to get a footing in the game for the first 20 minutes which allowed Scotland to open a 15 point lead.
The centre brought some respectability to the score with a late try, but said it was no consolation for a third successive defeat.
"At the end of the day it was a loss - the one thing we didn't want," said Taylor.
"We wanted a big performance this week and for the first half we didn't get it. They punished us for it."
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