Sixth Consecutive Loss For Wales Following Defeat To Ireland

It was Wales' opening game of the Autumn Nations Cup

Wales lost to Ireland in the opening game of the Autumn Nations Cup
Author: Lauren JonesPublished 14th Nov 2020

Wayne Pivac admits it may take time to turn around Wales fortunes after they fell to their 6th consecutive defeat.

It was a tough night for Wales against Ireland in Dublin as they went down 32-9 in their Autumn Nations Cup opener.

Leigh Halfpenny scored all nine points for Wales.

The head coach says he's looking to change his sides approach and there's no quick fix.

They're in action next weekend against Georgia where Pivac is expected to make lots of changes.

IN the post match press conference he said: "At the moment, they are bitter pills to swallow for everybody because I think we are helping the opposition and giving them too many easy ins and we're hurting ourselves," said Pivac.

"It's something we will work very hard to rectify as soon as we can.

"Obviously we are concerned about any performance where we don't get the result we are after. And we've had a few on the bounce.

"I think preparations have been good and we're working very hard as a group. It is taking a bit of time for us to click and make sure we eliminate the errors that are hampering us at the minute.

"We're looking to change what has been done for over 10 years and change mindsets and it doesn't happen overnight in my experience and it's something we will continue to work towards because we believe in it.

"The players are working very, very hard. From our point of view, it's rolling your sleeves up on Monday. We're not giving up on this, it's not the World Cup, we're working towards the World Cup and it's going to take time."

"We're not going to change from our plans, so there will be a lot of changes for next week, which are already pre-planned," he said.

"And that is to give the squad a run by the end of the Georgia game and that's what we will be doing.

"We will continue to build the depth and continue to work hard."