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Well... that's it from Cardiff but it's far from the last we will hear of this game.

It's a record loss to Australia in Cardiff and an 11th Test defeat in a row.

It was a fascinating first half that swayed one way and then the other.

But even after Samu Kerevi's red card, 14-man Australia ran riot in the second half with 21 points while a man down.

Matt Faessler became the first Australian hooker to score a hat-trick, while Tom Wright capped his man of the match display with a triple of his own.

Now the inquest will begin for Welsh rugby with Warren Gatland's future now looking increasingly unsure.

Whether a change in head coach will do anything right now is open for debate but it's now Wales' worst ever run of defeats - and double world champions South Africa are on their way!

Follow all the latest reaction on the BBC Sport website and join us next week for Wales against the Springboks.

We will definitely be here... whether Gatland is remains to be seen.

Hwyl fawr

Tonight's result was an historic one, but not in the way Wales wanted and the ramifications will continue.

Read how the game unfolded through Gareth Griffiths' report here.

Ex-Wales fly-half Dan Biggar told TNT Sports: "If there are people out there who think that getting rid of Warren [Gatland] is the answer to Wales' problems, then who do you bring in? Who can Wales afford to bring in?

"It's not as simple as saying, 'get rid of Warren and that's the end of it'.

"If you haven't got somebody adequate in place then do you keep backing this project?"

Surely the first question the Welsh Rugby Union needs to ask Warren Gatland is... do you actually want to stay?

If yes, then the review starts.

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Wales coach Warren Gatland speaking to TNT Sports: "It hurts. We got ourselves back into the game... but to me, we're a man up and conceded three tries - 21 points - that's really disappointing.

"From our point of view, we had a chance to put them under pressure, we probably just forced things - [conceded] some turnovers, some penalties, so that was disappointing.

"I felt we had the chance to get ourselves back into it and kind of just shot ourselves in the foot.

"We spoke about it at half-time, some momentum, go out there and be accurate, we'll get some opportunities and when we play with tempo and keep the ball we look good.

"[Conceding] 21 points with a man advantage, it's not often that happens."

Wales head coach Warren Gatland told TNT Sports: "It's the most challenging time I've ever known as a coach and what will be, will be.

"I will chat to a few people as to what happens from here.

"I am passionate about Welsh rugby but there's a lot of negativity around the game right now and we want to make sure what happens is the best for Welsh rugby... not about me.

"I will respect the decision."

Had Georgia not been edged out 20-17 in Italy earlier today, Wales would have slipped below them to 12th in the world rankings with this result.

I guess that's where Wales are right now.

Australia continue their revival on their Grand Slam tour.

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Wales captain Dewi Lake speaking to S4C: "We feel the same as everyone does at home.

"We're disappointed with the run that we're on, with the result today. We want to win games; we train hard, we work hard to win games, but we're not there yet.

"We show we're a team with weapons when we have the ball, but we need to stop other teams with the ball. Fifty points [conceded] tonight, we need to improve.

"They scored from three mauls tonight, that's normally our game. They've stopped our mauls and scored three of their own and that's just not good enough.

"I don't think anything needs to change, we just need to click. In key moments in that game, half-time we were six points down, we went into the half with the momentum and came out thinking we're in this game. One try and we would've been ahead, but the game got away.

"We don't need to reinvent the wheel here, we just need to take our points."

Ex-Wales fly-half Dan Biggar told TNT Sports: "You do wonder when is enough enough? But would changing the head coach going to make this team better and suddenly go and win games?

"We are down to 11th in the world [rankings] and have South Africa and France to face next, so the question on everyone's lips is when does the run stop?

"A change in head coach wouldn't harm things because they can't be worse."

Former Wales captain Sam Warburton told TNT Sports: "It's really raw now because we can see the boys walking around us and the disappointment on their faces.

"But then you look at the quality of the Australian team and the quality in our team and I just think maybe this is where we are right now.

"Credit to Australia, it was great to see Australia play like Australia.

"But for Welsh fans, I think we've got to realise this is where we are it, we're in a bit of a dark place and it might take a while to come out of it."

Former Wales fly-half Dan Biggar told TNT Sports: "It's eight tries with a 20-minute red card.

"They [Wales] looked like a team absolutely bereft of ideas there at the end, the confidence looked shot.

"The honest answer is I don't know where Wales are, where the team goes from here with South Africa coming to town next week, the first game of the Six Nations in Paris away and then Italy in the second weekend."

Wales prop Gareth Thomas speaking to S4C: "We're all very disappointed after that.

"We came into the game with a lot of energy, everything was in place coming into the game. We had confidence with the coaches.

"Our discipline let us down and we're very disappointed. We've let ourselves down. They were down to 14 men and we couldn't take advantage.

"When we were training in the week we looked sharp, there was a real confidence in the group. Soon as there was a bit of pressure on us we weren't good enough.

"I felt we'd improved in the last couple of weeks but that score was not good enough, it's very disappointing."

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Player of the match Tom Wright told TNT Sports: "That was an awesome 80-minute performance.

"Ebbs and flows, we gave a lot of momentum to Wales at stages, we made it difficult for ourselves, but those are games you like to be a part of.

"There was a lot of ball in play, Wales were really up for the content and really made us earn all those points."

Stay with us as we bring you all the reaction from this match, including from Warren Gatland.

Just to confirm, it's a record score for Australia over Wales in Cardiff and the biggest winning margin since 1996.

Emyr Lewis
Former Wales flanker on BBC Radio Cymru

The coach's job is to make the players play better.

If the players aren't improving you need to ask questions of the coach, and I don't believe the team has improved at all.

Another problem is I don't think he's picking the right teams at all.

Will Skelton and Rob Valeitin have done a big job up front... and Matt Faessler has a hat-trick but this guy has sparkled.

Gareth Rhys Owen
BBC Radio Wales commentator

Australia score another, Wales are beaten, Welsh rugby is being beaten and ground to the dust.

It's going to be another defeat for Warren Gatland and his players.

What happens next?

Elinor Snowsill
Former Wales fly-half on BBC Radio Cymru

Wales' forwards are too slow to work in the defence.

They're not slowing the ball down and it's making it harder to defend. Australia have got so much space on the ball.