by a point as the clock passed 80 minutes, only for Australia to score a winning try on the last play of the game. Wales won just one of their warm-up matches ahead of the 2007 Rugby World Cup, a 27–20 win over Argentina in Cardiff in revenge for the series defeat the previous summer, but a record 62–5 defeat to England at Twickenham saw Jenkins' position come under pressure. In a BBC documentary released a few days before Wales' first World Cup match against Canada, Jenkins admitted to worries that the WRU were thinking about sacking him, but that he was targeting a tenure of at least four years as Wales coach. Canada took a 17–9 lead after 45 minutes of that World Cup match, but Wales scored four second-half tries to win 42–17 in Nantes. Jenkins said after the game that he thought some of his players had been overawed by the occasion. Australia also took an early advantage in Wales' second match, leading 25–3 at half-time, but this time Wales were unable to complete the comeback, losing 32–20 at the Millennium Stadium. A 72–18 win over Japan five days later set up a decisive match against Fiji on 29 September, with the winner qualifying for the quarter-finals as runners-up of Pool B. Fiji won the match 38–34 thanks to a late try from Graham Dewes, their first victory in seven capped matches against Wales, knocking Wales out of the tournament. After the match, Jenkins spoke of his desire to continue coaching Wales, at least until the expiry of his contract after the 2008 Six Nations; however, Jenkins was sacked the following day, on 30 September 2007, informed of the WRU's decision by chief executive Roger Lewis and chairman David Pickering at the team's hotel. Former Wales coach Steve Hansen said the decision to sack Jenkins was "probably wrong", but Roger Lewis justified the move, saying Jenkins was not the right man to "take us forward over the next four or five years". Jenkins' assistant coach Nigel Davies was appointed as caretaker coach for Wales' match against South Africa in November 2007, a decision supported by Jenkins himself. Return to the Scarlets In November 2007, Jenkins expressed interest in the head coaching role at Irish provincial side Ulster, following the resignation of Mark McCall; he was beaten in the selection process by former Scotland and Leinster coach Matt