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Wales' Rugby World Cup journey ends with defeat to the Springboks

Wales are out of the Rugby World Cup after losing to South Africa in the quarter-finals. It's been a rollercoaster of emotion with injuries galore and the joy of beating England, but Warren Gatland's men fought hard to the end.

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Wales are not ready to exit the World Cup: Gatland

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Warren Gatland insists Wales are "not ready to go home" as they seek the fulfilment denied them at the last World Cup.

Injury-hit Wales are targeting their third victory over South Africa when they face Heyneke Meyer's southern hemisphere giants in Saturday's opening quarter-final at Twickenham.

They arrive in the knock-out phase battle-hardened by intense Pool A showdowns with England, Fiji and Australia, losing only to the Wallabies in a thunderous collision last weekend.

Four years ago Wales were edged 9-8 by France in the semi-finals, a match that saw captain Sam Warburton controversially sent off for a spear tackle, and Gatland insists there is unfinished business in the World Cup.

We're not ready to go home on Sunday. The players aren't ready to go home.

We came back from New Zealand in 2011 feeling a little unfulfilled in that we had done something reasonably special but hadn't reached the final with that sending off of Sam.

We feel at the moment we're in a good place mentally and have played some pretty good rugby while competing with some of the best teams.

We just need the bounce of the ball and a little of luck against South Africa. If a couple of decisions go your way then you have chance of winning

We'll be in the away dressing room and I don't think anyone's won in home dressing room. Hopefully that's an omen - I'm grabbing anything I can!

– Warren Gatland, Wales Head Coach

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