Why don't we see tap penalty moves nowadays?

Mompesson has been enjoying the Six Nations tournament, but struck by an insistent question - whatever happened to tapped penalty moves in international rugby? Pivot moves were a staple at club level in my playing days, but seem to have died out. Perhaps they became too predictable and easily countered. Can it be that the change in 1992 (I think) to award the put-in at line-outs to the kicking side after a penalty kick into touch made touch-kicking a better option in most cases? This afternoon for example, Italy kicked for touch inside the French 22-metre line.