{"id":44459,"date":"2026-07-05T06:16:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T06:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nations-championship-wales-prepare-to-take-flight-for-tough-tests-in-argentina-and-south-africa\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T06:16:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T06:16:36","slug":"nations-championship-wales-prepare-to-take-flight-for-tough-tests-in-argentina-and-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/nations-championship-wales-prepare-to-take-flight-for-tough-tests-in-argentina-and-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Nations Championship: Wales prepare to take flight for tough tests in Argentina and South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tandy says there will be no excuses from his squad about any logistical challenges.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re going to face two unbelievable tests with limited training but it&#8217;s going to be a unique test for us,&#8221; said the Wales head coach.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;ll probably have one session in Argentina together because there&#8217;ll be separate flights over there. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Then in South Africa, we might get two in but it&#8217;s something that we&#8217;re looking at.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Wales have selected a 33-strong travelling squad and the hectic programme means there could be selection changes with a lot of players given game time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re getting more competitive so there are certain positions we can probably manage things because they are physical,&#8221; said Tandy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The pressure will have eased on Wales following the victory against Fiji but Tandy says his squad will not be dwelling on events at Cardiff City Stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This Test match rugby is tough,&#8221; said Tandy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We&#8217;re going to savour the win but we will not be getting carried away with anything or looking on the outside.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Argentina will be wounded following their defeat in a 12-try thriller with Scotland, but Wales will need no reminder of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/cze62n0lppko\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">52-28 win<\/a> the Pumas inflicted on them in Tandy&#8217;s first game as head coach in November 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c39y2wkknkdo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tandy says there will be no excuses from his squad about any logistical challenges. &#8220;We&#8217;re going to face two unbelievable tests with limited training but it&#8217;s going to be a unique test for us,&#8221; said the Wales head coach. &#8220;We&#8217;ll probably have one session in Argentina together because there&#8217;ll be separate flights over there. &#8220;Then [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44460,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44459"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44461,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44459\/revisions\/44461"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kede.com.br\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}