And the 31-year-old’s difficult day was made worse by a ten-minute spell in the sin-bin during the second half during which Alex Cuthbert crossed for the second Welsh try of the afternoon to rubber-stamp Wales' victory.

"We conceded nine points from scrums, which is my problem as well as the team's,” said Castrogiovanni after the game.

“I need to work on that. The referee is always right. If we had done what we were told and also managed our kicking game better, maybe the referee wouldn't have mattered so much.

“There are no excuses. You need to be perfect in all aspects but we weren’t.

“I was very honoured to be made captain, but I don't like losing. I hate losing even when I am playing Playstation.

”We didn't really handle some areas very well. There are ups and down in life, and this was one of the downs.”