Wales captain Ryan Jones has made a passionate plea to his teammates to pick themselves up ahead of their rematch against South Africa at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday.

The World Cup holders, the Springboks, demolished the Grand Slam winners, Wales, 43-17 in their first Test in Bloemfontein at the weekend.

With both teams fielding vastly changed sides from their successful runs - Wales in the Six Nations and the Boks at the World Cup - it was the Welsh outfit that were left with more questions than answers.

Peter de Villiers's campaign as Bok coach got off on the perfect footing, even though he started with only five of the players who played in the 15-9 victory over England in last year's World Cup Final.

Wales, also depleted by injury and fatigue, will have to do some serious soul searching this week as they build towards the second Test against the Boks.

The tourists have never won on South African soil - they have now lost all seven meetings - and skipper Jones demanded a vast improvement in time for Pretoria.

"We didn't do ourselves justice and were punished by the world champions," he said of the loss in Bloemfontein.

"Test rugby is about keeping yourself in the game and creating opportunities, which we didn't do.

"We have to take this on the chin and have six days to turn it around.

"We'll go away, take a long, hard look at ourselves individually and collectively. There will be a bit of finger pointing.

"We'll have to front up to a man. The breakdown was key today, we came off second best.

"It will be a long 80 minutes next week if we don't put it right."

Flank Dafydd Jones echoed similar sentiments.

"We have loads to prove in the second Test," said the Llanelli Scarlets flank, who suffered a nightmare return to the international scene following a two-year absence.

"We did not execute our game-plan, we made too many errors and lacked a pattern of play," admitted Dafydd Jones.

"We didn't get our offensive game going, we chased shadows and, naturally against the best team in the world, we paid the price.

"We must address our mistakes, and in Pretoria take the self-belief we have in this squad and show why we won the Grand Slam - we have a point to prove."

The Welsh are missing a host of his Grand Slam heroes - the likes of Martyn Williams, Mike Phillips, Gavin Henson and Lee Byrne.

South Africa were also without some of their World Cup winning stars but showed that their squad has greater strength in depth.