He said, "We looked at these guys and we felt we could upset them in their first game of the tournament, so when you look at the final score we're disappointed. I don't care what everyone says about how good they are at home.

"We had a chance to make some history for the Welsh regions over here. Not many teams do well here, but we made too many mistakes at crucial times.

"We're disappointed – we played some good football out there. But the mistakes killed us, and that's something we're going to have to look at."

And Turner’s woes were compounded further with the prognosis for the injured Dan Lydiate. Lydiate injured his neck in the defeat and was rushed to a local hospital. Initial reports suggest a serious injury that will keep him sidelined for at least six months.