RYAN Jones has vowed Wales will blast out of the blocks when they continue their autumn Test series by tackling Samoa.

Wales have been left to reflect on what might have been against New Zealand, losing a 21st successive fixture at the All Blacks' hands.

A 19-12 Millennium Stadium defeat left Wales still without a win against the southern hemisphere giants since 1953.

But Jones and company must now pick themselves up for three more challenging November appointments with Samoa on Friday, Argentina and then England's Twickenham conquerors Australia.

"We possibly deserved more,’’ said the Ospreys number eight.

"But no one ever remembers a loser, do they?

"We were a little bit rusty, perhaps, at times. But we've got a game under our belt now.

"We've got that experience to draw upon and we will go into Friday night firing.’’ Wales head coach Warren Gatland is likely to make changes for the Samoa clash, although one of his back-row options may have disappeared.

Scarlets flanker Dafydd Jones, a second-half substitute against New Zealand, suffered a shoulder injury and could struggle to regain full fitness in time.

Alun-Wyn Jones, meanwhile, conducted a brutal and personal honesty session after Wales' latest attempt to beat the All Blacks ended in another frustrating failure.

The Lions lock's late 70-metre interception gallop fleetingly threatened an unlikely fightback.

Not only did Jones' dash for glory fail, though; Wales also messed up a late attacking line-out when substitute hooker Huw Bennett threw long - straight into the hands of All Blacks flanker Adam Thomson.

"As a player, there are 101 things you can do in that situation,’’ said Jones, recalling his interception of All Blacks scrum-half Jimmy Cowan's pass.

"That will probably be my first and last international interception, but I should have done a lot better.

"Inside, Alun-Wyn Jones is not very happy with what happened.

"I turned in, but I didn't see the player (New Zealand wing Zac Guildford) coming across. If I had gone on the outside, I would have probably got a bit further towards the line.’’ Jones desperately tried to fling the ball out to unmarked centre Tom Shanklin, but Guildford's timely intervention denied Wales during the lung-busting closing exchanges.

"World-class players finish things like that, and I don't think it was a world-class instance in the game for me,’’ added Jones.

"We will keep getting the tag of nearly men, but that is going to come to an end sooner or later - and when it does I hope I am around.’’ Gatland said: "I thought they (New Zealand) dominated the game in the third quarter, but the pleasing thing was that we finished strongly.

"We think we are closing the gap to the top sides, and it was a good performance. But the challenge for us is to improve on that, and it is important we keep improving through the rest of this series.’’