Don’t panic, Tipuric tells Wales after third defeat

JUSTIN TIPURIC called for calm after Wales’ third straight defeat — their worst Six nations run since 2007.

Wales were overpowered before a late, two-try surge brought them to within three points when England were down to 13 men after cards for Ellis genge and Manu Tuilagi.

The grand Slam champions play Scotland next week knowing another defeat could see them finish only ahead of Italy. But flanker Tipuric, who scored two tries, says there is no cause for alarm in the early days of Wayne Pivac’s era.

‘The last thing we’ve got to do now is start panicking and pointing the finger,’ he said.

‘obviously, internationals are pressure games but there are easy fixes and at the end of the day, we are on the field and we are the ones who can put it right.

‘We are not far away, we just need to be a bit more clinical. Just after half-time, we played too much and allowed them back into the game.

‘after starting the second half well, we had a few silly exits in the game that gave them an easy three points, and then some silly mistakes which is the old cliche we keep saying that we need to sort out.

‘You could pick and point at things all the time but it’s just being clinical at international level.’

Josh navidi continued on the same theme. he said: ‘We are not in a bad place. We are still building, the boys are still getting used to the systems. It was just the first half let us down.

‘We can take some positives from that game and keep moving forward. It’s obviously a new regime and hopefully we can keep building.’