Scotland’s chance for Wales to ‘do better’ – Aaron Wainwright

Wainwright won the first of his 64 caps for Wales in 2018 and was part of the 2019 Grand Slam-winning squad.

However, the 29-year-old Dragons back-rower has also endured a miserable three years for Wales since his second World Cup campaign in 2023, with just two wins over Japan to show for in the past 25 Tests.

Wales have conceded 50 points on more than five occasions in less than a year at the Principality Stadium – with Argentina, South Africa, England and now France recording record victories in Cardiff.

The first two matches of the current season also saw them score 102 points, which is the worst defensive display of any Six Nations team in a quarter of a century.

“You won’t improve if you don’t play with the best teams in the world,” Wainwright added.

“England had a tremendous winning streak, and France were one of the best teams in the world.”

Despite conceding eight attempts against the defending champions, Wainwright insisted there had been improvements against the French.

“I think we were too compact in defense at times, some times they would make 10 or 9 passes too far and they would get around us, so I think we weren’t spread out enough.” [defence]He said.

“I think they caught us there, and once they were able to unload their load there, it would be very difficult to get it back under control… That’s when they came into their own, so it was difficult to deal with them.

“So obviously we’re looking forward to taking those classes next week.”