Fresh questions over Wayne Pivac's future after Wales defeat to Australia

Wales have suffered back-to-back defeats in the autumn series

Wales lost a strong lead over the Aussies to lose the match 39-34 in Cardiff
Author: Lauren JonesPublished 27th Nov 2022

Wayne Pivac says he wants to stay on as Wales head coach as questions over his future resurface after his side's defeat to Australia.

Wales had the lead over the Aussies in Cardiff but went on to concede 26 points during the last 22 minutes of the game - losing 39-34 in their autumn international game.

It means Wales have now lost three of their last four matches.

Pivac says he wants to stay and is contracted through to next year's Rugby World Cup.

There are rumours that Warren Gatland could return to the Wales camp as interim boss.

"I wouldn't be here if I didn't think that (leading Wales to the World Cup)," Pivac told Amazon Prime.

"The heat was on me during the week, I had to try and take it off the boys and they played large parts of that game exactly as we wanted them to.

"We review every competition, and we will do that and we have to take the positives out of the competition. Things that did not go well we can iron out.

"I certainly want to stay. You saw today when we get things right we are a dangerous team.

"We have more players to come back into the side, and the rest is up to other people."

Asked in his post-match press conference about Wales' record this year, Pivac added: "I am just interested in talking about today and getting over what has just happened.

"It's disappointing, the result, but there was a lot of good stuff to take out of that game which is a positive for us moving forward."

Pressed on whether it was enough to keep his job, he said: "That's for someone else to comment on. I am contracted through to the Rugby World Cup."

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