Gareth Williams’ side were beaten 17-7 by Italy in north Wales in their opening fixture with Sam Costelow’s try and conversion the only points for the men in red.
“It was a pretty disappointing result. We wanted to get the win against Italy, but all credit to them for their performance,” said skipper and young Scarlets flanker Morgan.
“They came out firing and attacked very well which forced us to defend for most of the game. It started pretty well with a lovely try from Sam, but after that we struggled to get the ball back and it was always difficult as a result.
“It is always difficult to get your start up plays going if your set-piece is struggling and there is plenty to learn this week so we can bounce back against Ireland.
“We’ve got little tweaks to improve now. We need to use the Italy game as a learning curve for Ireland so we can fine tune a few things.”
Ireland sealed a junior Six Nations Grand Slam in 2019 and started the defence of their title with a 38-26 victory over Scotland at Irish Independent Park.
Fly-half Jack Crowley was Ireland’s star man in that game as he scored two of his side’s six tries. He will be a man Wales will have to watch out for.
Second row Jac Price knows how important it is for Williams’ men to retain possession on a regular basis if they are to come out on the right side of the result this Friday.
“We didn’t help ourselves at all by giving away silly penalties one after another and it allowed Italy into the game,” Price said.
“Sam’s try just showed how dangerous we can be when we keep the ball.
“We gave it away too easily over the course of the game and the message from Italy is we must keep hold of the bal to keep the pressure on our opposition.
“Italy was a tough pill to swallow, but we’ve come in looking to put the wrongs right and now we want to fly into Ireland on Friday.”
