WALES captain Colin Charvis said he wants to continue playing for Wales, which would appear to rule out a move to Japan, as had been suggested before the World Cup, because he cannot obtain a place with one of the Welsh regions.

There has been more recent speculation that he may be moving to France to play.

"It's important for me to take stock of what we have achieved," he said.

"There is a bright future for the Welsh team, and I'd like to be in a position to continue with them, we'll have to wait and see what happens."

He was bitterly disappointed with the Wales result. "It was a bitter pill to swallow, but we have got to build and, in future, do better," he said.

"We had nothing to lose and it was important we went out there and played the way we wanted to.

"There was a lot of emotion at the end, but we are disappointed we are out of the competition, especially the way we've played in the last few games.

"We may be out, but there is a lot to play for, and if we keep focused that can be the springboard to the Six Nations and developing into a great team.

"We have come under a lot of criticism from the media back home, from some people who thought we wouldn't make the quarter-finals, never mind stretch New Zealand and England.

"We exceeded our own expectation on how well we could play"

Coach Steve Hansen insisted he had a cunning scheme before the England showdown when he announced his team.

And after Wales pushed the number-one-rated team in the world so hard, he revealed what that plan was and how it so nearly worked.

"England defend differently from New Zealand," he said, referring to the previous week, when Wales also pushed the All Blacks to the limit.

"I always had a question mark, if we could move it wide and put the ball behind them and make them run a bit. We wanted to ask questions of their fitness and move them around the park.

"But the game of rugby is not only about scoring tries, it's about giving away penalties, and we gave away too many.

"I felt 20 minutes from the end the game was still there to be won, it was a hard game and a good contest."

Hansen insisted that now Wales have made it clear the way they intend playing the game, they will still continue to do just that.

"It's (the style) well and truly out there now, so there's no point hiding it," he said.

"We have scored a lot of tries in this tournament for a side which is supposed to be not very good.

"We've come a long way, and that's the only way we can play rugby. But it's obvious they are going to continue to play their way, though you've got to give credit to Clive Woodward for the way he brought Mike Catt on."

Stephen Jones, who scored a superb Welsh try, said: "It was great we managed to put two good performances in against the two best teams in the world. I'm confident we can express ourselves and delighted with the performance, but disappointed with the result.

"We scored some great tries and played with a lot of width which was very satisfying."

WALES captain Colin Charvis said he wants to continue playing for Wales, which would appear to rule out a move to Japan, as had been suggested before the World Cup, because he cannot obtain a place with one of the Welsh regions.

There has been more recent speculation that he may be moving to France to play.

"It's important for me to take stock of what we have achieved," he said.

"There is a bright future for the Welsh team, and I'd like to be in a position to continue with them, we'll have to wait and see what happens."

He was bitterly disappointed with the Wales result. "It was a bitter pill to swallow, but we have got to build and, in future, do better," he said.

"We had nothing to lose and it was important we went out there and played the way we wanted to.

"There was a lot of emotion at the end, but we are disappointed we are out of the competition, especially the way we've played in the last few games.

"We may be out, but there is a lot to play for, and if we keep focused that can be the springboard to the Six Nations and developing into a great team.

"We have come under a lot of criticism from the media back home, from some people who thought we wouldn't make the quarter-finals, never mind stretch New Zealand and England.

"We exceeded our own expectation on how well we could play"

Coach Steve Hansen insisted he had a cunning scheme before the England showdown when he announced his team.

And after Wales pushed the number-one-rated team in the world so hard, he revealed what that plan was and how it so nearly worked.

"England defend differently from New Zealand," he said, referring to the previous week, when Wales also pushed the All Blacks to the limit.

"I always had a question mark, if we could move it wide and put the ball behind them and make them run a bit. We wanted to ask questions of their fitness and move them around the park.

"But the game of rugby is not only about scoring tries, it's about giving away penalties, and we gave away too many.

"I felt 20 minutes from the end the game was still there to be won, it was a hard game and a good contest."

Hansen insisted that now Wales have made it clear the way they intend playing the game, they will still continue to do just that.

"It's (the style) well and truly out there now, so there's no point hiding it," he said.

"We have scored a lot of tries in this tournament for a side which is supposed to be not very good.

"We've come a long way, and that's the only way we can play rugby. But it's obvious they are going to continue to play their way, though you've got to give credit to Clive Woodward for the way he brought Mike Catt on."

Stephen Jones, who scored a superb Welsh try, said: "It was great we managed to put two good performances in against the two best teams in the world. I'm confident we can express ourselves and delighted with the performance, but disappointed with the result.

"We scored some great tries and played with a lot of width which was very satisfying."