Wales Women World Cup

scarletpimp wrote: Much closer than some were anticipating,  but somehow I knew itwould be. England far from their best,  but Frabce gave their all. A final,  being a one off game , anything  can happen, but  Canada stand a reasonable  chance . Unfortunately  for them they haven't cope with Kildunne. A remarkable  player. I remember seeing her playing against Exeter, and what impressed me me, wasn't  just her change in pace, but the ability  to change direction  at speed. Reminded me of Ieuan Evans  One issue  I had today  was the absolutely  apalling biased and ridiculous  commentary.  Who is that stupid woman ? I love Brian Moore, but I HAD  to watch the game with no sound. Much better

France threw away a great chance to be well ahead at half time. They were all over England in fairness but didn't convert. Kildunne is another level in fairness & she was probably the reason England won along with France's missed chances.

In the Canada v NZ game, Canada did not concede a penalty until the 61st minute - I'm a bit in 2 minds about it tbh...it was refreshing to see a ref not being over fussy, equally there were plenty off things that were penalisable (not just penalty offences). Overall it was much more enjoyable game than yesterday's though.
Agree with you GPR, France will be rueing how they didn't accrue points when dominant.


Overall the RWC event is clearly a big success, and is also succeeding in the transitioning of women rugby from being a minority gender sport to being main stream. It's helpful that the 'best' team is hosting this years event of course, and an 82k+ sellout next weekend will set new records across the piece.

The challenge now is to help develop the overall global standard of the teams that compete. Over the tournament to date half the games have been won by 40+ points, and although the new world order across both men and women's sport is to increase the amount of teams competing in a tournament like this, it's not going to promote future growth if there's an elite level, then a big gap before the rest.

I'll watch Canada's model with interest. Canada rugby funds it's men's and women's team equally, clearly there was a shortfall in that there was a crowd funding page put up to raise funds for training camps and enhanced preparation for this event...will the windfall from reaching the final ( and possibly winning it) go to fund further growth in the women's game ?

A school friend migrated to Vancouver in her 20's ( originated from the industrial conurbation of Pren Gwyn) and she says the country's absolutely gripped by the team's progress. Celebs now wanting to attach themselves to the story ( Ryan Reynolds, Shania Twin etc).
This is the type of stuff success brings.

What now Wales?

tim d wrote: Lucy packer is from Ammanford Gareth plus you’ve also got Meg jones who Is Welsh speaking. There might be a couple more who were Welsh qualified. They had to go and play in England because of the shambles in women’s rugby in wales at the time

Wil Chips wrote: GPR - Rochester wrote: tim d wrote: Lucy packer is from Ammanford Gareth plus you’ve also got Meg jones who Is Welsh speaking. There might be a couple more who were Welsh qualified. They had to go and play in England because of the shambles in women’s rugby in wales at the time Thanks Tim thought I heard Ammanford getting a mention.  Can’t believe she left there tbh.

GPR - Rochester wrote: Wil Chips wrote: GPR - Rochester wrote: tim d wrote: Lucy packer is from Ammanford Gareth plus you’ve also got Meg jones who Is Welsh speaking. There might be a couple more who were Welsh qualified. They had to go and play in England because of the shambles in women’s rugby in wales at the time Thanks Tim thought I heard Ammanford getting a mention.  Can’t believe she left there tbh. I was thinking that Wil but then I realised I am sitting in the Brechfa Forest as I write this response.

GPR - Rochester wrote: ap sior wrote: GPR - Rochester wrote: tim d wrote: Lucy packer is from Ammanford Gareth plus you’ve also got Meg jones who Is Welsh speaking. There might be a couple more who were Welsh qualified. They had to go and play in England because of the shambles in women’s rugby in wales at the time Thanks Tim thought I heard Ammanford getting a mention.  A long way from Tirydail GPR😀😀😀😀😀 Different World Gareth.