Wayne Pivac remains defiant about his position as Wales’s coach after his side blew a 21-point lead against Australia in the last 25 minutes of what ended up as their ninth defeat of the calendar year. Nine defeats equals their previous worst in 2010. Inevitably, the calls for his head have grown in recent weeks and will not abate after this.
“That is a question for someone else,” he said. “I’m contracted through to the World Cup [in France next year].” His predecessor, Warren Gatland, something of a legend in these parts, was in the stadium on media duty and would not be drawn himself on the question of the Wales job, simply replying “no” when asked if any of his former paymasters had been in touch. It had looked less live as a question during the game’s opening hour or so. Pivac preferred to focus on that, after the horror of their defeat to Georgia the week before.
