Wayne Pivac spoke to the media following Wales’ defeat to Scotland to discuss injury issues, breakdown disasters and the first home soil loss to Scotland since 2002. Robert Rees brings you the latest updates from Parc Y Scarlets.
Breakdown possesses issues for Wales
“We’re disappointed in the breakdown. We conceded 11 penalties there and they [Scotland] did a lot of good work there.”
How do you stop the rot?
Wales have now lost five games in a row, but how do they stop the rot under Wayne Pivac?
“Probably the worst defeat in terms of performance, we didn’t fire too many shots. We’ve got two weeks to kick our wounds and come back and make an impression.”
Injury updates
Justin Tipuric is just going to rest up following his bout of tonsillitis and should be fine for Ireland in two weeks time.
Dan Biggar has a lower back issue from the warm-up and managed just over 40mins. It’s something the team will work on in the coming fortnight to see if he’ll feature against Ireland in the Autumn Nations Cup.
Dillon Lewis is a rib issue and is yet to be fully assessed.
Why did Scotland win?
It was Scotland’s first win in Wales where they went into the break behind since 1923, but why did Wales struggle to get a foothold in the second half?
Wayne Pivac explained, “we wanted to play for territory. The second half was around 70% Scotland and it showed. We’ll have to go away and look at our inability to look after ball in contact.”
“Today’s result was our inability to play how we wanted to in the last 30 minutes. It’s one we shouldn’t have lost.”
Look ahead to Ireland
Wayne Pivac’s men now have two weeks to prepare for their initial Autumn Nations Cup game in Dublin and the head coach expects a solid fortnight of work.
“We’ll pull the game apart. We’ll look at individuals and select a side and go out there and turn it around in the next fixture.”
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