{"id":17316,"date":"2017-02-14T18:19:38","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T18:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=17316"},"modified":"2017-02-14T18:19:38","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T18:19:38","slug":"wales-women-mountain-climb-says-sombre-phillips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2017\/02\/14\/wales-women-mountain-climb-says-sombre-phillips\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales Women have mountain to climb, says sombre Phillips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_17317\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-17317\" style=\"width: 960px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17317\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"Rowland Phillips, head coach of the Wales Women's Rugby team.\" width=\"960\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-770x575.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-17317\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17317\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-1024x765.jpg\" alt=\"Rowland Phillips, head coach of the Wales Women's Rugby team.\" width=\"960\" height=\"717\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-770x575.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-500x374.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU-293x219.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2017\/02\/JH140217WWRU.jpg 1028w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/noscript> Rowland Phillips, head coach of the Wales Women&#8217;s Rugby team.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WALES Women have a mountain to climb to avoid further crushing defeats to the professional England machine, a sombre Rowland Philips told today&#8217;s\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">conference.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The head coach said the 63-0 whitewash reminded him of test matches he played against New Zealand in 1988. \u201cWe were feeling like a ball in a pinball machine &#8211; knocked around, and we didn\u2019t have time to think,\u201d he said.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI did reflect on those \u201888 games. The difference at the weekend was clear &#8212; the physicality and the intensity was at a level we haven\u2019t seen before in a women\u2019s game, if I\u2019m being perfectly honest.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s difficult to pull a list of positives from the weekend. The main thing is we now have 23 players who have experienced the absolute top end of rugby. That\u2019s going to be invaluable when we go forward. What we can do now is try and close that gap, and that goes from an individual level to a collective one.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eight out of 15 of England\u2019s starting players were professionals. Wales did not field any. Phillips said: \u201cMy reason for sitting here isn\u2019t to paper over cracks or make excuses, my responsibility is to accept reality and the reality is England have a full-time, professional set up. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot more time for them that goes into planning, reviewing, previewing, training, and, without making it sound like an excuse, we squeeze it into two nights a week. Four or five of the girls from North Wales have four-hour journeys, arrive for training and drive back again. There are certainly some differences between the teams.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But Phillips was proud of the performance. \u201cWe were 38-0 at half-time. What you saw in the second half was a team that fought hard and right to the end. We had opportunities to get on the scoreboard, and ok, that\u2019s little consolation to the public, but to us coaches we appreciate that those girls were able to pull it together and show that character we\u2019re trying to build. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8220;The girls showed that fighting spirit, and they carried it through to the end of the game.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s pleasing and disappointing, just as people are getting behind us. They appreciate the commitment they\u2019re putting in. It\u2019s just disappointing that we could give a better performance. Regardless of the pro against amateur argument, we wanted to showcase ourselves better than this.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPrior to this weekend I was happy with the support we get from the WRU. We are certainly supported better than we have been. But this game highlighted the difference between us and a full time professional outfit.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe could play that game again and again, and the same things would keep cropping up. The fact is they overpowered us in all contact areas. They were bigger, they were stronger, they stretched us all over the park, regardless of how much we want it as a team. If you\u2019ve got a 6ft 5in second row against a 5ft 9in one, it\u2019s difficult, no matter how much your heart is in it, to compete on that level.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThere\u2019s really no short term answer. The English team didn\u2019t turn up on Monday, become professional and make a performance like that. It takes years. We need to improve our premiership game. We\u2019re always reviewing it, finding a way to make it more competitive. I think the regional system is working really well, but the club game is something we need to try and improve. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI understand some girls going across the border, as the English Premiership is really good, and I think they\u2019re looking for something else as rugby players. A higher level of competition. What we need to do is improve ours and bring them back.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOur league is made up of six teams, and we\u2019re just able to fill them all out with a competitive side. The English Premiership is a competitive game top to bottom every weekend. That\u2019s where we want to get to.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phillips&#8217; next challenge is Scotland.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cTheir performance against Ireland was outstanding. They only lost in the last play of the game. They don\u2019t have a World Cup now to focus on, they\u2019re focussed purely on the Six Nations, which showed against Ireland. Up against France they were very competitive. But we\u2019re confident, going in.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe all want to strive to be the best. For us to use the situation at the weekend, well, if that\u2019s the springboard to review how we look at our game, then so be it.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got to flip things over quickly for Scotland, but there are serious conversations we\u2019ll be having in the future.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One possibility is recruiting more players from the faster-paced Sevens rugby in the footsteps of Jasmine Joyce, who played Sevens at the Rio Olympics, and now plays for the Wales Women\u2019s XV.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSevens is attractive. It\u2019s quick, it\u2019s exciting. It\u2019s a good game to get people interested. We just want to get more girls involved, to pick up a ball and play rugby. And if Sevens is the quicker route that\u2019d be great. But we\u2019ve got to get a plan, not to look at tomorrow, but to think about where we\u2019ll be in 15 years&#8217; time.\u201d<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">One positive to take from the game &#8212; it was the first time a Wales Women\u2019s fixture has made a profit.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIf we\u2019re in the black, people start noticing. The girls are supported &#8212; we don\u2019t want anyone to be out of pocket playing for their country. If we\u2019re starting to operate in a profitable environment, I\u2019m sure that\u2019ll start to pump more money into our game,\u201d said Phillips.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cOne thing we\u2019re all united on is we want to give these girls the recognition and the opportunity to get to their max. You want to take all the ifs out of everything and give everyone the best chance possible.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wales v Scotland kicks off at 6.30pm\u00a0on February 24, at Broadwood Stadium, Cumbernauld, in Scotland.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALES Women have a mountain to climb to avoid further crushing defeats to the professional England machine, a sombre Rowland Philips told today&#8217;s\u00a0conference. 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