Not up to Test standard ...there is more pain to come for Tandy's side

It has now been 1,065 days since Wales last won a game in the Six Nations.

- By STEFFAN THOMAS

There have been 12 defeats in a row and on the evidence of a pitiful 80 minutes at the Allianz Stadium in Twickenham it isn’t going to end anytime soon.

For all the positivity coming out of the Wales camp, international rugby is about winning and while it was always going to take time to turn around a team at rock bottom, this side doesn't look capable of even competing with other tier one nations let alone emerging victorious.

How can even the most one-eyed Welshman or woman be positive after conceding 48 points and seven tries?

It’s true all the off-field turmoil won't have helped matters but it cannot be used as an excuse either.

Such one-sided defeats will do nothing to dissuade the Welsh Rugby Union that radical change isn’t needed.

The vast majority of these players are not used to playing in games of this magnitude at club level, with the gap between the bottom half of the United Rugby Championship and Test rugby far too wide.

This is why the WRU wants to concentrate talent into fewer sides; to improve the overall standard and create more competition for places.