Wales face arguably their biggest challenge in Six Nations history this season as they go into the tournament following 12 successive Test defeats and with a head coach under huge pressure. Warren Gatland’s team are not expected to feature at the competition’s business-end.

With the Six Nations set to get underway next week, we preview the prospects of last year’s bottom-placed finishers, Wales, ahead of the Championship.

Wales head coach Warren Gatland has said he would welcome back Louis Rees-Zammit, but added he has had no contact with him and expects him to stay in the U.S.

Coach Warren Gatland is counting on some returning old heads to lead his young Wales squad in the Six Nations and create a siege mentality following a team record run of 12 defeats in a row that has plunged the country's rugby into crisis.

WARREN GATLAND BELIEVES that people will write Wales off at their peril in this season’s Guinness Six Nations. The form guide suggests another difficult campaign for Wales after collecting the wooden spoon last season for the first time since 2003.