Wales dressing room sat in silence as star reveals devastation for Dan Biggar and Alun Wyn Jones

Josh Navidi is still hurting now. A fair few days have gone by, but Wales’ defeat at the hands of Italy continues to eat away at him.

The silent dressing room after the game, the sense of deep disappointment and feeling gutted for milestone men Dan Biggar and Alun Wyn Jones. All those emotions still resonate for the Cardiff flanker as he reflects on the last-gasp loss to the Azzurri at the Principality Stadium. You can read more reaction to the shock 22-21 defeat here.

“It was hard to take. It will sit in the back of the mind for a long, long time,” said Navidi. "It’s not something you take lightly when it’s in your home town. It still hurts now. It was just quiet in the dressing room afterwards. It was going to be. It was a big occasion for Dan and Alun Wyn (who won their 100th and 150th Wales caps respectively). I was obviously gutted losing, but I was more gutted for them.

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“Obviously on the day it didn’t go our way. Italy played well, they played the right areas. For them to them finish the way they did is obviously disappointing on our behalf, but fair play to them, they saw the game out and got the win. I haven’t watched the game back yet. I will at some point. You need to look through it, reflect on it, put it to bed and move forward.”

For the 30-cap Navidi, the big positive he can hang on to is that he is back playing rugby again. Having played 20-plus games a season for the first decade of his career, he’s gone on to have a wretched run on the injury front over the last couple of years. So does he just put that down to bad luck?

“I don’t know," he replies. "I think it’s probably age more than anything, with all those