'we Let Ourselves And People At Home Down'- Lake

Since nan 2023 World Cup, Wales person a wretched world grounds of 22 defeats successful 24 Tests, pinch nan only 2 victories coming against Japan successful 2025.

It has been 1,064 days since Wales' erstwhile Six Nations triumph against Italy successful Rome successful March 2023 pinch this latest hammering proving a 12th successive nonaccomplishment successful nan tournament.

Wales big favourites France successful 8 days successful Cardiff having not won a location lucifer successful nan tourney since defeating Scotland successful February 2022.

Ticket income are slow for nan 3 location games pinch thousands still disposable for nan sojourn of Les Bleus.

"Every sound matters to america astatine nan minute, each instrumentality that tin get down us," said Lake.

"We cognize we're going to beryllium amended adjacent week. We've spoken a batch astir wanting to excite a nation.

"We didn't do it coming but we've sewage different 4 games successful this tournament."

Lake says nan effort of nan squad tin not beryllium questioned but admits nan value was not location against England.

"This group will conflict for each different each day," said Lake.

"There's nary mobility of effort. It's not difficult to get that retired of this group aliases support these players going.

"They emotion wearing this jersey and want to activity hard.

"That's why this group is special. For us, it's astir turning it into accuracy and flipping that into our favour."