Tyler Morgan says he is used to being 'chucked in at the deep end'

Wales centre Tyler Morgan says he is unfazed by the prospect of lining up against South Africa in Saturday's World Cup quarter-final at Twickenham.

The 20-year-old is the youngest member of the Wales squad but will start in the midfield against the dual world champions as the Welsh back-line has been depleted by injuries.

And the Newport Gwent Dragons man says he is not feeling overly pressured despite the hugeness of the occasion.

"I always seem to get chucked in the deep end," he said.

"My first game in the Premiership (for Newport) was a Cross Keys derby, and my first PRO12 was (Welsh derby) Judgement Day. My first international was Ireland, who were second in the world at the time.

"They have all been great opportunities. After that first time, I think I am a lot more composed.

"I get over things pretty easily."

And Morgan is excited about lining up alongside wing George North, who he met for the first time after scoring a try in the 2011 Welsh Schools Cup final.

"If someone had said then what would be happening now, I would have bitten their hand off," said Morgan.

"Now I am playing with him on the weekend. It is pretty unreal."

Wales kicking coach Neil Jenkins says he has plenty of faith in Morgan.

"He's a fantastic young talent, a confident young kid," said Jenkins on Friday.

"He trained pretty well over the summer (at Welsh camps) in Switzerland and Doha, and played pretty well against Fiji.

"I've seen him in training this week and he's in a pretty good place. I have got no doubt he'll be fine tomorrow."

While acknowledging that South Africa will be tough to beat, Jenkins thinks Wales will go close if they are on their game for the whole 80 minutes.

"We won in November against them, and we should have won in Nelspruit in that second Test last year," he said.

"But we threw it away after being 30-17 up with eight or nine minutes to go and lost. It was quite hard to take.

"It just shows that, when you play against any of the top sides in the world, you have got to play for the full 80 minutes. You can't switch off at any time, you have to constantly be on the ball and on the money.

"If we bring our A-game tomorrow, which we hope we will do, I am sure it will be a fantastic game. There is no doubt it could go either way."