Autumn Nations Sequence: Wales v Australia

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Sunday, 17 november Kick off: 16:10 GMT

Protection: Stay on S4C, BBC Radio Wales, Radio Cymru, reside text and commentary on the BBC Sport web blueprint and app

Beneath-stress Wales head coach Warren Gatland can even be joyful to overview a smartly-identified face this weekend in fellow New Zealander Joe Schmidt.

But if the Wallabies coach inflicts yet one other defeat on Gatland’s Wales on Sunday then presumably that familiarity will breed contempt.

It has been a moving week for Gatland following the 24-19 loss against Fiji closing Sunday, a tenth successive global defeat.

One more loss would behold them advance at an all-time low by surpassing their outdated worst results sequence keep under Gatland’s fellow New Zealander Steve Hansen in 2002 and 2003.

“I’m obvious Warren is feeling some stress, elegant admire every global coach,” acknowledged Schmidt.

“He used to be obviously highly profitable in his outdated tenure with Wales.

“He used to be profitable with Wasps. I feel any individual can enjoy a lean spell, when teams are transitioning.

“I study at just some of the gamers he had after I first started competing with Eire against Wales.

“There are some elegant gamers there now admire Adam Beard, Jac Morgan, Tommy Reffell, Aaron Wainwright and Dewi Lake to title nonetheless just a few.

“There could be a duration of time that it takes for them to modify to Test rugby. That’s segment of that transition Gats is making an try to speed within the period in-between.

Schmidt says the cauldron of global rugby affects all top coaches,

“I elegant think you’re going to also be all under stress,” acknowledged Schmidt.

“I basically feel under extra stress than I used to be closing week.

“Closing week, no one expected us to rep. , when expectations shift and also you’re going to also be up against a team that are on a shedding speed, you’re going to also be expected to rep.”

When it comes to head-to-head contests, that is also the 12th time Gatland and Schmidt enjoy confronted off against each and every other. Schmidt has the edge with seven wins, in comparison to a pair for Gatland and one device.

Simplest Graham Henry and Robbie Deans (15) and Michael Cheika and Steve Hansen (14) enjoy confronted each and every other extra among tier one worldwide locations.

The rugby competition that dates aid many years started after they played together within the the same New Zealand academics college team alongside with Gatland a hooker and Schmidt a soar.

They enjoy got coached against each and every other since, when Schmidt used to be responsible of Eire.

After returning to New Zealand, Schmidt at closing modified into segment of the All Blacks instructing workers, helping the aspect to the 2023 World Cup closing the keep they had been beaten by South Africa.

Then Australia got here calling and Schmidt’s glossy aspect defeated Gatland’s Wales in two Tests within the summertime of 2024.

“Both those video games had been tight, in Sydney and Melbourne,” acknowledged Schmidt.

“Clearly, this time closing year, Wales build 40 facets on the Wallabies within the World Cup.

“It is no longer always admire they’ve metamorphosed into a incorrect team. They got very end to a preference of teams within the Six Nations.

“I’m staring at for them to be incredibly tense to beat. They’re dogmatic with the means they trot about their defensive work and so they are very tense to collapse.”