STEVE HANSEN yesterday insisted that he was "going nowhere" as the pressure on the under-fire coach to resign increased.

Welsh fans are losing patience with the New Zealander, and following Saturday's dismal 43-9 defeat against archrivals England the pressure on him to resign reached fever pitch.

However, Hansen has vowed to stay on as Wales coach, despite losing 11 games on the trot.

"I'm going nowhere and certainly won't be resigning," said a defiant Hansen.

"That thought has never entered my head, and unless someone from the Welsh Rugby Union tells me otherwise, I'll continue as Wales coach. "Me resigning wouldn't solve anything, it would be a step backwards, and we are trying to move forwards.

"After the game David Moffett came down to the dressing-room and he was very supportive of both me and the team, so there's not a problem there."

Saturday's defeat was a record victory for England in Cardiff, and Hansen admitted being disappointed in his players.

"It was time for them to perform and stop making excuses, but it didn't happen," said Hansen.

"I know the players can play better than that, and they've let themselves down. They now owe to themselves and the Welsh public to get a win on Wednesday and Saturday."

And Hansen called for his players to start showing some mental toughness in times of crisis.

"The performance was appalling and it needed to be far better than it was," said Hansen.

"At the end of the day, with 30 minutes to go, it was 16-9 to England. That's only one try away.

"But the game has ended 43-9 and that tells its own story. When the going gets tough we just need the players to hang in there and be a bit tougher. "But we seem to have a lack of ability to hang in there, and it showed on Saturday.

"You can't take anything away from England, though, we were beaten by a very good team, and although it was called a second- string side, many of those players could well find themselves in the starting line-up when the World Cup comes."