Wayne Pivac confident Wales will be Six Nations contenders in 2021
The Wales head coach managed only three Test wins in his first year in charge.
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The Wales head coach managed only three Test wins in his first year in charge.
Wayne Pivac’s team finished fifth in the tournament but their only wins in 2020 have come against Italy and Georgia.
Victory for Eddie Jones’ side means Ireland cannot now reach the inaugural final of the competition.
The out-half made his comeback from an Achilles injury as a replacement in last weekend’s win over Ireland.
Stuart Hogg and co. made some costly errors in the closing stages.
An 18-0 victory has eased some of the pressure on Wayne Pivac.
Robert Page is in interim charge as uncertainty reigns over Giggs’ position.
The Welsh finished at the top of Ireland’s group thanks to tonight’s win over Finland in Cardiff.
The Ireland scrum-half came in for praise on this week’s episode of The42 Rugby Weekly Extra.
The Connacht lock is hopeful he has done enough to keep his place against England.
The Irish boss spoke of what will be added to his squad next year by all of those who have missed recent games.
Wales were 1-0 winners in Cardiff, as Stephen Kenny’s bad start to international management went on.
Gareth Bale starts for Wales.
The Ireland head coach knows his team will need to improve on ‘everything’ to beat England.
Andy Farrell’s men came out on top but captain Johnny Sexton is an injury concern ahead of the England clash.
Ireland score two tries en route to a comfortable win over Wales.
The Autumn Nations Cup gives Andy Farrell the chance to perfect his game-plan after an inconsistent Six Nations, writes Garry Doyle.
The Leinster man will win his third cap against Wales in Dublin this evening.
The Irish boss also confirmed Seamus Coleman will miss the remaining games with Wales and Bulgaria.
Wales have lost five games on the spin ahead of tomorrow’s opening Autumn Nations Cup match.
Andy Farrell’s men will be looking to make improvements in a defensive sense in the Autumn Nations Cup.
The Aviva Stadium hosts the Autumn Nations Cup opener.
Head coach Andy Farrell has named a much-changed matchday 23 for the Autumn Nations Cup clash.
‘We don’t want to go with a massive performance then massive dip.’
Byron Hayward has left his role just five days ahead of the Nations Cup meeting with Ireland.
Gregor Townsend’s men edged it as Wayne Pivac’s difficult start to his tenure continued.
Tesco earlier apologised after wrongly suggesting sanitary products were “non-essential” and could not be sold.
The 35-year-old will win his 148th cap on Saturday when Wales take on France.
The “sharp and deep” lockdown will begin at 6pm on 23 October.
The defeat for the Bulgarians is a boost to Stephen Kenny’s side’s hopes of avoiding relegation.
The Irish manager stood by Darren Randolph and cursed his side’s luck as they were beaten again.
The Irish boss lost five players over a single Covid positive test last night, with four players identified as close contacts because of seating on the plane.
The Ireland captain says their depleted Ireland squad had to dig deep to earn a 0-0 draw against Wales at the Aviva Stadium.
An understrength Irish side, weakened by Covid-19, showed more signs of encouragement but again failed to score.
Stephen Kenny’s side were held to a draw after what was a difficult week.
Jack Byrne is among just five outfield players on the bench.
With the Euros dream dead, Ireland need to start getting results to improve their seeding for the upcoming World Cup qualifiers draw.
Welsh manager hails Stephen Kenny’s new look Irish side but plans to give Aaron Ramsey a rare international start in tomorrow’s game in Dublin.
Wales are seeking to bounce back after losing 3-0 to England at Wembley last night.
There were also maiden international goals at Wembley for Conor Coady and Danny Ings.