What can we say about Saturday's defeat? Italy are a battling side with a spirit to their game.
Though they push the boundaries of legality at times, they play the referee. They are limited in what they try to play, but theyre very successful at that.
After going into a 20-13 lead when Matthew Rees scored, I thought we should have gone on to win, but there are still big question marks over the defence.
On the positive side, we created a lot of chances and tackled well out wide. We did well at the set-piece, which had been an area of concern - just didnt get enough ball.
It was a big call, a bolshy decision to kick for touch at the end instead of going for goal.
The players were under the impression from the referee that they had time to go for the line-out. They felt confident they had enough time to score and then obviously the referee decided that was no time left.
It does beg the question exactly what the talk was when they opted to go for touch. Did the referee indicate there was enough time or not? If he did, why did he then change his mind?
So we head into the last match of the tournament at home to England. In previous years, this match was the be-all and end-all. Now, Wales just need a win.
Theres a lack of confidence that seems to be undermining everything Wales try to do and, prior to Sunday, England were suffering from a similar problem.
But Brian Ashtons team will now approach next weekends game in Cardiff full of self-belief after their morale-boosting win over France.