Cracker Jac shines again, but Tandy's focus must be on defensive problems

THERE was another chastening afternoon for Welsh rugby on Sunday as Steve Tandy's side suffered a heavy 52-28 defeat to Argentina at the Principality Stadium.

- STEFFAN THOMAS Rugby Correspondent

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The reality is Tandy was never going to be able to fix the performances of the national side overnight and this is a long-term rebuilding process.

Despite the heavy defeat, Wales showed glimpses of what they are capable of in attack but the negatives outweigh the positives on this occasion.

Here are your winners and losers from a tough afternoon in Cardiff.

Despite another heavy defeat, the Wales captain was arguably the best player on the field.

Morgan is the only world-class player in Welsh rugby at the moment and is streets ahead of almost everyone else in the squad.

It is hard to keep finding superlatives to describe his level of performance.

The 25-year-old always made ground with ball in hand and finished the game as the top carrier, while he also made two steals at the breakdown.

Morgan acted as a link man for Tomos Williams’ try and scored one of his own in the second half.

Unfortunately, Morgan dislocated his shoulder in the act of scoring and will miss the remainder of Wales’ autumn series.

This is a hammer blow for both Tandy and Wales with Japan, New Zealand and South Africa to come.

A few eyebrows were raised before the game at Tandy’s decision to select Mann over a bigger blindside like Olly Cracknell or Aaron Wainwright.