'Just weren't able to bring it home' - Pivac defiant despite mounting pressure after defeat

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His side squandered a 21-point lead in their defeat to Australia.

Image: PA WALES HEAD COACH Wayne Pivac did not sound like a man whose job is under extreme pressure, praising his players for their effort despite blowing a 21-point lead in the final 22 minutes to lose 39-34 to Australia on Saturday.

With less than a year to go to the World Cup in France, Pivac may hope it is too late to change things at the top — his most likely successor, former Wales boss Warren Gatland told Amazon Prime prior to the match he had not been approached about a return. “I thought we built the game nicely and got in a situation where we should have won the game,” Pivac told Amazon Prime.“Clearly we took advantage of their indiscipline and then when the roles were reversed, they did the same to us.

There was little surprise the match between the two sides was tight as 14 of the last 15 games between them had been decided by margins of just nine points or fewer.

 

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