The Wales scrum half, fresh from another superb try to cap his 200th appearance for the Scarlets at Bath in the Heineken Champions Cup last weekend, has admitted Pivac’s men weren’t where they wanted to be when they gathered for the autumn internationals.
Wales lost their first three games, to France, Scotland and Ireland, beat Georgia and then went down to England. They never finished with a flourish against Italy.
“We came into camp and everyone would agree that as a squad of players we probably weren’t quite there physically,” said Davies.
“We were quite slow and not where we wanted to be, but after a long break over lockdown and a handful of PRO14 games it was a big step up to come into the international environment.
“I think that showed in the first couple of games, but we showed improvement and defensively we were a lot better against England. It was nice to see a bit of line speed.
“It was the same against Italy and in that game we played a bit more rugby. It was nice to finish with a comfortable victory and that will give us confidence going into the Six Nations.
“It’s not going to happen overnight and we’ve said this all along. It did take a while when Wayne started with us at the Scarlets, but we know how good things were when they did finally click.
“Hopefully, that will start with the Six Nations.”
Wales kick-off their 2021 Six Nations campaign with a home assignment against the Irish at principality Stadium. Pivac got off to a flying start in his inaugural Six Nations earlier this year with a 42-0 triumph over Italy, but the Irish will be a much tougher task.
