NUMBER eight Taulupe Faletau insists Wales have no problem with self-belief as their search for an elusive southern hemisphere scalp goes on.

Australia's 33-28 win in Cardiff stretched their winning run against Wales to 10 games while Warren Gatland's men have now lost 21 successive Tests to the Wallabies, New Zealand and South Africa.

Wales should enjoy an autumn victory when they welcome Fiji to the Millennium Stadium this weekend and they then have the formidable task of taking on the All Blacks and Springboks.

But Ireland showed the way when they beat the Boks at the weekend in Dublin and Faletau insists that Wales can follow their lead and get over the line.

"We've still got high hopes for the autumn and are staying upbeat," said the 23-year-old Newport Gwent Dragons forward.

"We are here to get a win against one of the big southern hemisphere teams, we didn't get it against Australia but we'll just keep working hard.

"We have fallen short again and are disappointed with the result. We've just got to keep at it because the performance was up there with our best.

"We were sharp for our first game and I think we looked as good as we ever have in an autumn opener. Training was hard and that helped us, but it is all about the result and we fell short.

"Hopefully things will go our way when it matters."

Five of the last 10 games against Australia have been lost by less than a score while the Springboks also broke Welsh hearts at the death in June.

This time Lions star Faletau – who has suffered 11 defeats out of 11 against the big three in a Welsh jersey – was left in no doubt where it went wrong.

"There have been so many close games but today the difference was the cheap tries that we gave away in the first half," he said. "We have to sharpen up for Fiji for what will be an open game with lots of running rugby."