{"id":15848,"date":"2017-01-24T16:14:05","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T16:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=15848"},"modified":"2017-01-24T16:14:05","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T16:14:05","slug":"two-cardiff-blues-ladies-named-wales-six-nations-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/01\/24\/two-cardiff-blues-ladies-named-wales-six-nations-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Cardiff Blues Ladies named in Wales Women&#039;s Six Nations squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TWO\u00a0Cardiff Blues Ladies have been named in Wales Women&#8217;s 32-player squad for the upcoming Six Nations.<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scrum half\u00a0Rhiannon Parker and flanker Nia Elen Davies were selected out of a potential 50 players for the team.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Head coach for the Blues Ladies, Stuart Allan, said: \u201cTheir attitude and commitment to the team is amazing. Both girls travel far to make every game and being part of the Welsh team is a big commitment on top of their full-time jobs. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe intensity of their training is going to increase but I\u2019m feeling quietly confident about the next few months &#8211; I think we can win four games. England will be the ladies\u2019 toughest game but Wales showed how far they\u2019ve come in their Ireland win. You never know what could happen.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a 22-14 win against Ireland last weekend, Wales Women have now won all four of their matches since head coach Rowland Phillips took over the team last year. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phillips said: &#8220;It&#8217;s always tough when it comes to selections, because everybody has been working so hard over the past few months.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;There were plenty of tough calls, but I&#8217;m confident of the process we went through to get to this point.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The results are an added bonus. The real thing for us was for the players to understand the physicality and intensity of top teams, and they certainly experienced it against Ireland.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elen Davies said: \u201cIt\u2019s nice to see the hard work that we\u2019ve put into training paying off on the field. I\u2019m really excited for what is to come over the next few months- the team is in a great pace leading into the Six Nations.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Parker expressed her excitement for the selection on Twitter: \u201cUnbelievably happy to be named in this squad. Exciting journey starts now.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/waleswomen?src=hash\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> #waleswomen<\/span><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/privileged?src=hash\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> #privileged<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their first game will be February 4 against Italy before taking on England at the ladies\u2019 own Cardiff Arms Park.<\/span><br \/>\nPhoto credit: Welsh Rugby Union,\u00a0http:\/\/www.wru.co.uk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TWO\u00a0Cardiff Blues Ladies have been named in Wales Women&#8217;s 32-player squad for the upcoming Six Nations. Scrum half\u00a0Rhiannon Parker and flanker Nia Elen Davies were selected out of a potential 50 players for the team. Head coach for the Blues Ladies, Stuart Allan, said: \u201cTheir attitude and commitment to the team is amazing. 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