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Wayne Pivac refusing to give up and says Wales future is 'a question for others'

Wayne Pivac refused to be moved on whether his future as Wales coach is in doubt after a first ever defeat to Georgia.

Wales were kept pointless for the best part of an hour as Georgia snatched a late win to further pile the pressure on the former Scarlets coach less than a year out from next year's World Cup.

In 2022 alone, Pivac has suffered home defeats to Italy and Georgia - both firsts for Wales - and managed just three wins. However, when asked about whether he feared for his job, he said it wasn't for him to say.

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"That’s a question for other people, I would guess," he said.

"You’re seeing a lot of results that are going against the formbook and ours was one of those. Where you're going with that question, you probably want to ask someone else.

"As far as I'm concerned, I’ll be here rolling the sleeves up, starting first thing in the morning, like all the other coaches in the group. We'll get together on Sunday night and we’ll formulate the plan for the week.

"We’re here to do a job and we're totally focused on building towards the World Cup. This is a set-back. We’re not hiding away from that. We're not proud of that result. Clearly, we'll have a big working week and see how we go next week."

When asked if he was convinced he could turn things around from defeat to Georgia, Pivac believed he could - pointing to previous lows during his reign.

"We’ve done it before," he added. "Unfortunately, we’ve had to do it one time too many, from my point of view.

"It's not a nice place to be. We've had a quick chat in the changing room. Seven days is a long time in rugby. We’ll leave no stone unturned.

"We'll look at our own performance as a coaching group in terms of working week, and then look at the game and pull that to bits. What we need to do is, when the working week starts, is review this game quickly and prepare for a different opponent in Australia quickly. We have to make sure we get the performance we're happy with and proud of."

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