BRADLEY Davies is adamant that the only way to lift Welsh rugby fans after the heavy defeat to Australia is by putting the game to bed and beating Argentina this Saturday.

Lock Davies won his 57th cap against the Wallabies but it wasn’t a match he will remember fondly thanks to a first-half display from the visitors that blew Wales away.

Wales didn’t do themselves any favours with a lacklustre performance, especially in defence, while the home fans at the Principality Stadium were left stunned by the result.

But Ospreys second row Davies is determined to make the Welsh public proud of their team again, starting with the Pumas clash this Saturday.

“Obviously we were all a bit gutted with the way the game panned out,” said Davies about the Australia setback. “We feel we let ourselves down a bit on the field.

“We’re all proud Welshmen and we hate losing, especially in that manner.

“We’ve got to pick ourselves back up and if we win the next three games then everyone will be saying it’s a successful autumn, so that’s what we’ve got to strive for now.

“Obviously I’m gutted with what has happened but the best thing we can do for the public is win at the weekend and pick everyone’s spirits up.

“I know what it’s like in Wales. You go to work on a Monday and if Wales have lost your week is terrible, if Wales have won it picks you up for the week.

“Hopefully we can put a smile on people’s faces this weekend.

“It’s disappointing the way we played and looking back it hurts but we’ve got to put that to bed now.”

The Wales squad are now back at their training base in the Vale of Glamorgan where they have been analysing the weekend’s disappointment.

And Davies is expecting plenty of home truths to be spoken in the wake of what happened in Cardiff.

“Most of us played very poorly so we’re going to have some shots fired by the coaches,” he added.

“But you’ve got to take it on the chin sometimes and the way you deal with that is by taking on board what they’ve said and putting it right on the training field.”

He continued: “Shaun (Edwards) is probably one of the best defence coaches in the world.

“He keeps you on your toes, he’s an honest guy, and he picks up things because he cares about you and wants you to improve as a rugby player.

“What you need to know is why you did something wrong or where you went wrong.

“Sometimes it can be sugar coated but Shaun won’t have that, he’ll tell you where you went wrong and what he expects of you as a player, which is great.”