Pivac planning to carry on after Wales humiliation

WALES head coach Wayne Pivac straight-batted questions about his future after a humiliating Autumn Nations Series home defeat against Georgia.

Less than 10 months before the World Cup, Wales suffered one of their most embarrassing losses, going down 13-12 at the Principality Stadium.

Georgia followed Italy earlier this year in claiming a famous Cardiff win, with Wales’ catalogue of horrors also including home defeats against the likes of Romania (1988), Canada (1993) and Samoa (2012).

Wales have won just three of their 11 games this year, and Pivac - who succeeded his fellow New Zealander Warren Gatland after the 2019 World Cup - will now inevitably feel the heat ahead of next weekend’s clash with Australia.

“You have seen a lot of results at the moment that are going against the form-book, and our result is one of those,” said Pivac.

“I will be here rolling the sleeves up from tomorrow morning, and we will formulate a plan for the week.

“We are here to do a job, we are totally focused on building towards the World Cup. This is clearly a setback, and we are not proud of that result.”

Asked if he felt his position would now be under threat, Pivac added: “Again, that is a question for other people, I would guess. We’ve done it (turned things around) before. Unfortunately, we’ve had to do it one time too many from my point of view. It is not a nice place to be.

“Seven days is a long time in rugby, and we will look at it all, including pulling the game to bits. We have to make sure we get the performance we are all happy with and proud of in seven days’ time.”

Former Wales stars Sam Warburton and Jamie Roberts were vocal in their criticism of Wales’ performance after they failed to score a point following flanker Jac Morgan’s second try in the 24th minute.