But the Cardiff Blues flanker insisted his team could be proud of their Six Nations displays.
Wayne Pivac’s side saw their Grand Slam dreams ended by a dramatic, last-gasp 32-30 loss in Paris.
It meant Wales fell just short of a Championship clean sweep, although they could still lift the title this weekend.
France will have to beat Scotland on Friday by 21 points or more and score four tries in the process to beat Wales to the crown.
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Navidi scored Wales’ second try at the Stade de France and said: “I’m very proud. We played very well and to be honest we should have seen the game out. We didn’t.
“We’ll stay tight. That’s all we can do at the minute. It was a bit of a see-saw really. It was nice to get my first try, but I’d give that up for winning the game to be honest. I’m disappointed now.
“Reflecting on the game, the last 10 minutes cost us with our discipline. It just didn’t go our way, but it’s been a good campaign for us from the autumn to the Six Nations.
“It’s been good how many points we scored in this campaign. It was a shame we couldn’t finish it with a win and see it off, but fingers crossed next Friday goes our way.
“Ideally, we’d have got it done, but obviously it didn’t go our way. It was a close, tough match and fair play to France they went all the way and kept going to the end.
“We’ve got to wait a week now and see what happens.”
Josh Navidi scored his first Test try at the Stade de France
It’s been good how many points we scored in this campaign. It was a shame we couldn’t finish it with a win and see it off, but fingers crossed next Friday goes our way
Whatever happens in the game between France and Scotland and the resulting impact it has on the title destination, Wales’ progress in this Six Nations has been significant.
Pivac’s side crossed for a Welsh Championship record of 20 tries across their five matches, scoring 164 points.
“The autumn wasn’t that great, but we came into this Six Nations knowing what we wanted to achieve,” said Navidi.
“We said from the start we have the squad to do it and we built on it every week.
“Our performance in France was good, it was just the discipline cost us at the end.
“I don’t know what the penalty count was. It didn’t go in our favour, but the way we played at times in attack was good.
“In the last 20 minutes we were under the pump and it’s only going to go one way if we’re in our own half, defending, and giving away penalties.
“It worked in their favour and it was a shame we couldn’t get out.
“At the end of the day we could have seen the game out better towards the end.”
In the last 20 minutes we were under the pump and it’s only going to go one way if we’re in our own half, defending, and giving away penalties
