Wales kick off the championship against Italy at Principality Stadium on February 1 before travelling to Dublin to face Ireland a week later. And Pivac believes Wales are in a strong position as they look to build on the good work done by Warren Gatland.
“For any team to win this competition you have to play well,” said Pivac speaking at this week’s Six Nations launch in Tobacco Dock, a Grade I-listed warehouse in East London
“We’ve come in and asked the question ‘how can we add value?’ We’re looking at a couple of areas where we think we can do that.
“We’re looking at the attack and evolving that over time. It won’t happen overnight.
“When we went into the Scarlets it took a few years before we got it to the point where we were comfortable. It will take time but it’s certainly something we’re looking to evolve.
“Looking at the enthusiasm in training at the moment, you can see all the players want to be part of that first game. We talked about that before training yesterday and we had a very good session.
“It will be an interesting selection. It’s game one, we want to put on a strong performance at home in front of our fans. We’ll be putting out a side that can hopefully get the job done but also put on a very good performance. We’ll need that going into round two against Ireland.”
Wales are the defending champions having won last season’s Six Nations Grand Slam with a resounding victory over Ireland on an unforgettable day in Cardiff.
While Pivac is confident his side can be successful, again he acknowledges the quality of the championship.
“We had a quick chat as a squad around defending this trophy,” said Pivac. “We’re a new management group, we have new players. Yes there are some players here that have won it but we want to go out there like any other side and win it this year.
“We certainly don’t see ourselves as defending it. We’ve got to go out there, win it and play some good rugby along the way.
“That’s the line that we’re taking with the boys.”
