Wales secured their first win of the autumn with a six-try victory over Fiji in Cardiff.
Despite the seemingly emphatic scoreline, Wayne Pivac's men were staring down the barrel of defeat at the hour mark before pulling it out of the fire with a flurry of late tries.
Here's everything the Wales coach had to say afterwards:
Question: It was superb entertainment but what it was like watching as a coach?
Wayne Pivac: "Probably the same view from the start of the game to the finish. It was everything you’d expect from a Wales v Fiji game, or at least the couple I’ve been involved in.
"They’re always close affairs. Everything we talked about came to fruition. There was a lot of offloading going on in the early part of the game.
"We talked about, from a defensive point of view, being accurate on the ball-carrier and not letting them get those offloads away.
"They got a few as they tend to do and started well. The biggest problem for us in those first 60 minutes was we had separation at the breakdown.
"They’re very strong over the ball. We talked about that all week long. That’s a concern and something we’ll be working very hard on in the week.
"One, that the ball-carrier look after the ball a bit better but also that we don’t have separation with the ball-carrier and the guy cleaning out the rucks."
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What was your view on the cards and the impact it had on the game?
WP: "I don’t think you can put the cart before the horse and worry about what it does to the game.
"Any team that infringes in that way, in their 22, you’re going to get cards. Unfortunately for Fiji, that happened today."
What's the latest on the injuries?
WP: "Josh [Adams] felt something in his leg in the warm-up. He wanted to start the game and see how it went but we certainly weren’t going to allow that to happen.
"He was worried about letting his team-mates down. He’s such a good guy, he was putting the team before himself. The medical team and myself made that call shortly before kick-off.
"It was a late change in the changing room but these things can happen and you just have to adapt. Hopefully that won’t keep him out for too long. That was precautionary.
"We had a couple of head knocks, WillGriff John and Will Rowlands. With a six-day turnaround, we’ll have to see how they are [on Monday]. It could be we dig a bit deeper into the squad."
How important is it to have someone like Louis Rees-Zammit to produce those magical moments?
WP: "That’s what he can do. You can’t coach that.
"That’s just express pace. I was just pleased for him because he was marked fairly heavily on the left wing.
"But I was really pleased he showed that individual brilliance and raw pace. It’s great to have him in your side when he can do those sorts of things."
Did bringing Willis Halaholo change the midfield balance for the better?
WP: "Oh look, there’s a lot of things that happened I think.
"Talking to the midfield pair that started the game, they felt that a lot of the hard work was done and things were starting to open up.
"If you talk to Johnny Williams, he’d love to have been on the pitch in those final 20 minutes.
"But we selected the side a certain way, we wanted to have a look at Josh Adams in midfield. That didn’t happen so I think there was going to be a bit of time for the pair that started to get things right.
"Fiji were very physical and at times we were knocked off our stride. It’s as simple as that.”
Could Halaholo start next week?
WP: "We’ll definitely be reviewing the game and looking at it. He’s one we wanted to use at the start of the series and you’re aware of that.
"The fact he’s been out hasn’t been down to anything other than Covid."
Are you expecting Australia to pose a big breakdown threat?
WP: "They will, but the Fijians pose a different threat to most other sides. They’re so big and strong over the ball from 1 to 15.
"Guys that can get over the ball are great athletes and can get in there quick to take their opportunities. We talked about that during the week as well as their offloading game.
"They certainly didn’t let us down in that area. They were very good. Often, you’ve got to pay credit to the opposition. On this particular day, they handled that area of the game very well."
Did the late tries paper over the cracks?
WP: "I was waiting for that! As I mentioned, Fiji threw everything at us, they played well.
"They went down a man and that galvanised them. Speaking to their coach afterwards, they had everything to gain and nothing to lose.
"Often, when you have that cavalier attitude, things can come off for you. They were a player down but they still had big men to get over the ball and they caused us problems.
"We didn’t really get a flow. We talked about the extra man and building phases and wearing them down. Ultimately, it took time to do that because of our inaccuracy at the breakdown."
What are you expecting from Australia?
WP: "We’ll start looking at them [on Monday]. Australia will be a very good side.
"They’re well-coached. I know Dave Rennie very well. They’ve got a lot of quality throughout the side. They’ll be hurting after the last couple of games.
"We expect them to come and be physical. If the weather’s good, It’ll be free-flowing too with any luck."
You mentioned struggling with separation at the breakdown - what was the reason for that?
WP: "Sometimes, it’s just that the boys were just a little bit hesitant and slow to react. We didn’t switch on as urgently as we needed to.
"I don’t know whether that was the red card happening early in the game. You drop off one or two per cent mentally and it’s going to happen. You can find yourself in trouble.
"It’s something we addressed before the game and we’ll look to work on it this week as Australia will be strong there too."
You scored a couple of tries from mauls - how pleasing is it to have that weapon too?
WP: "After last week, where we didn’t drive much against South Africa, we wanted to change things up, suck some Fijian forwards in and take the petrol out of the Fiji tank.
"We felt that was working. They defended quite well in that area though, but I think it contributed to how the game finished in the end."
How many of the injured players do you expect to feature next week?
WP: "The two HIAs [from today], look, it has been done before, the six-day turnaround, but not too often so we’d have to say they are in doubt.
"Aaron Wainwright should be good for next week.
"As it happened on Friday, Tomas Francis is already a couple of days into the protocols and has passed those so far so he’s currently on track."
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