Now the Ospreys captain is back fit and firing for the start of the Autumn Nations Cup and Friday’s clash with Ireland at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium.
It’s a fresh start for Wayne Pivac’s side after a line in the sand was drawn following the culmination of the 2020 Guinness Six Nations.
“I’m good to go,” said Tipuric.
“I felt a bit rough watching the Scotland game. I was in bed trying to stay awake with a fever. I managed to watch bits of it and obviously I watched it back then when I got a bit better.
“We have spoken about what we have got to do better and we are concentrating on this weekend.
“There was a lot of frustration after the Scotland game because everyone knows we can play a lot better than that.
“Going into Ireland, it’s a new competition, and it’s time to set a marker and concentrate on this competition. Hopefully we can get a bit of a run going.
“We want to get back to winning ways and start getting Wales back to winning ways.”
Justin Tipuric and Wayne Pivac talk tactics
On the challenge of Ireland, where Wales haven’t won since 2015, Tipuric added: “It’s going to be a tough game, but we know if we can start with a bang and get that run going, anything can happen.
“We lost there in the Six Nations after beating Italy. We know we didn’t play well over there and wasted a few opportunities. Hopefully we can go there and put things right.”
Tipuric was a late withdrawal from Wales’ 14-10 defeat by Scotland last time out and was replaced by James Davies with Aaron Wainwright coming on to the bench.
Tipuric replaces Davies for Ireland emphasising the importance of playing as a team.
As soon as you put that red jersey on there is no excuse for not getting up for a game. At the end of the day, you are representing your country
“If you start going out there, like ‘I am going to make something happen, here’ you end up not making something happen,” he said.
“If you go out there and you do the little things we’ve done right in training all week, which we have done, then overall we play better as a team.
“Hopefully we are heading in the right way and learning all the time. The main thing is everyone wants to get out there, put things right, and really put a good performance in and get that win.
“As soon as you put that red jersey on there is no excuse for not getting up for a game. At the end of the day, you are representing your country.
“There is so much going on at the moment, but we know we are in a lucky position to still be working and doing the thing we love.”
