Wales got their Six Nations campaign back on track with a gritty 20-17 victory over Scotland at the Principality Stadium.
There will have been a lot of soul-searching at the team's Vale Resort base this week after being outmuscled by Ireland in Dublin in round one.
But they righted a number of wrongs in Cardiff and this is what head coach Wayne Pivac made of it all:
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Question: Wayne, what did you think of that performance?
Wayne Pivac: I was very pleased, obviously, that we got the win. The boys put a lot of work in during the week.
Clearly, we weren’t happy with the performance last week. I think in a lot of the areas that the players themselves addressed, they backed the talk up with what was a pretty solid performance in all the areas we wanted to improve in.
The three-point win – we’ll take that.
Q: Physicality has been spoken about a lot, is that something you worked on this week?
WP: Yeah, clearly. In terms of forwards, for a start, your tight five players pride themselves on the set piece and the contact area.
We didn’t quite get it right last week and there was a big improvement this week. That enabled Dan [Biggar] to get a lot of front foot ball and we were able to put them under more pressure.
Q: What did you make of Jac Morgan’s debut?
WP: He would have learned a lot from that experience. I thought he did well.
The whole week has been a great experience for him. The ride in on the bus, the whole nine yards.
I’m really pleased for somebody like that. Not only Jac, but also someone like Alex Cuthbert coming back for his 50th international.
Then Dan and Jonathan Davies get 100 internationals. It’s just a special time in the dressing room when you can celebrate those milestones, but with a win. It’s very important.
Q: Was that more like the Wales side you know?
WP: Definitely. The disappointment was evident from every single person in the squad last week.
I’ve known these boys long enough now to know that wasn’t the Wales team that we know. There was a big improvement today.
Q: How pleased were you with the final defensive effort?
WP: At that point in time, we had almost the whole bench on. When your bench comes on, you want them to lift the boys who have been working hard to get us to that stage of the game.
They bring the energy and hopefully the communication. There were some big efforts and I’m just pleased we could dominate that last couple of minutes without the ball.
Q: Last week people said you were on for the wooden spoon, now you can win the Championship again?
WP: You make an interesting comment there and I tend to agree with you. From our point of view we won’t be getting too far ahead of ourselves except to say we were pleased with the performance and certainly improved in the areas we wanted to.
Now we’ve got two weeks before the game with England. Our priority is to recover from this performance and get back in next week, work hard, and make sure there is more improvement to come. Certainly that is what we want to do.
Q: The front five have had some stick this week – was that a big performance from them?
WP: Very pleased. The set piece is improving and the scrum is going well. Our line-out defence was good and we scored a try from a driving line-out.
What I like is Adam Beard’s leadership up front. He took full responsibility for the forward pack and he’s putting pressure on his fellow players.
The players reviewed their own performance and reviewed it hard and that’s the way it should be. They knew they had to produce a big performance today and they certainly did that.
It was a marked improvement and I’m very, very pleased with the players who had an opportunity and delivered. It certainly made Dan’s job a lot easier.
Q: What did you like about Dan Biggar’s performance today?
WP: We talked a little bit before hopping on the bus about Jac’s debut, the fact Cuthy was hitting 50, and that Dan and Foxy were making their 100th Test matches.
Special players get to do that and some of the players tried to replicate that. Dan, for me, epitomises what you want in a rugby team and that’s someone who fights for every last inch.
He doesn’t give an inch and not only does he fight to win every blade of grass on the pitch, he also does a good job with the match officials.
I’m very pleased he was able to do a good job today and captain the team to victory.
Q: What was said in the huddle on the pitch at the end?
WP: Those are usually done in the changing room, but when there’s a trophy and you have family and friends close by, it was just a quick one to congratulate the boys following the week they’ve had.
The boys answered all the questions that were thrown at them.
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