Daily Star

Business as usual for Dragons chief

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WAYNE PIVAC won’t allow himself to be sidetracke­d by on-going speculatio­n surroundin­g his future as Wales head coach.

The Dragons heads into tomorrow’s Autumn Nations Series finale against Australia at the Principali­ty Stadium with Pivac (left) under pressure.

It follows an embarrassi­ng 13-12 home defeat against

by DARREN WITCOOP Georgia last weekend, which came just eight months after Wales lost in the Six Nations to Italy in Cardiff.

“Other people make those decisions,” said Pivac, who has handed Ospreys centre Joe Hawkins a Wales debut and recalled lock Alun Wyn Jones.

“I can’t get sidetracke­d by those sort of things. At the end of the day, it is the profession­al environmen­t we are in.

“We know there is a lot at stake, clearly. We are here rolling our sleeves up this week to try and get the result.”

Asked if there had been contact with his WRU bosses, Pivac added: “Just the usual. We have weekly contact in every camp, and this week has been no different.”

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