Wales have equalled their best ever Six Nations try-scoring record with 17 touchdowns with a game to spare which is testament to the work Pivac and his coaching team have put in.
And even though he is wary of a dangerous France side, the former Scarlets coach is extremely pleased at Wales’ direction of travel.
When asked to compare Wales’ Six Nations campaign with their autumn performances, Pivac said: “They’re chalk and cheese, aren’t they?
“We know the pain we went through in the autumn and they were certainly not the results we were after.
“But you’re seeing some of the players who got opportunities in the autumn playing out there now in the Six Nations. Some are coming off the bench and some are getting starts.
“We’re that much better for the autumn. We’ve got a lot more depth and we’re going to have to keep building on that depth because the big prize at the end of the day is working towards the Rugby World Cup in 2023. This Championship was always going to be a line in the sand for us.
“We’re very pleased to be four from four, obviously, with an opportunity that we can finally talk about, and that’s to try and go all the way and win five from five, the Grand Slam.”
A brace from Ken Owens, plus scores from Josh Adams, Taulupe Faletau, George North, Callum Sheedy and Louis Rees-Zammit secured a bonus-point win for Wales in Rome.
And Pivac believes Wales’ offensive game is heading in the right direction under the expert tutelage of attack coach Stephen Jones.
“It’s pleasing to score tries, people love seeing tries scored, and we like playing a brand of rugby where we give ourselves the opportunity to score plenty of tries,” said Pivac.
“We’ve just got to make sure we get the balance in our game right. That’s something we’ve been working on and tweaking.
“We weren’t as clinical as we would like today but the intent was certainly there. We’ve just got to make sure we get our conversion rate right and hopefully we can continue to score tries.
“It’s a collective effort in this group. It’s just a sign of what we want to do.
“We want to be very positive when we’ve got the ball. It was far from perfect today, but the intent was certainly there.
“We want to keep tweaking the attack and getting better if we can.”
