Women"s Rugby World Cup: Wing Philippa Tuttiett confident Wales can bounce ...

Philippa Tuttiett remains upbeat despite Wales’ opening 26-0 World Cup defeat against hosts France.

The Dragons were 19-0 down at half-time but the centre insists the scoreline did not do justice to the effort the side displayed in front of a partisan crowd.

And Tuttiett insists her side, who finished fifth in this year’s Six Nations, can take plenty of positives from their opener.

“The result doesn’t sum it up but, equally, we’re going to take a lot of positives from that game and move forward,” she said.

“The performance was there and the girls are really feeling quite positive.

“We know the silly errors we made, we are going to work on them now.

“Defence was something we’ve really been working on.

“We’ve got a few systems in place that we’ve been going over and you can see how much of a team we’ve become. We are really working for one another.”

Wales face Australia on Tuesday before their final pool stage game – a tough clash against South Africa. But Tuttiett says Wales are determined to give it their all adding: “We are going to go into Australia all guns blazing and we are looking for two more wins.

“We’re here at the World Cup. We’re here to play the highest standard of rugby we can and we’re going to have the highest standard played against us.

“We are going to be going for them (Australia and South Africa). I think we can achieve anything.”

The WRU is to appoint a National Women’s rugby manager to spearhead the development of all levels of women’s and girls’ rugby, up to and including the national team.

The new role, which is advertised on the WRU website, is a clear indication of the importance the WRU places on equality of opportunity, as it aims to increase standards and participation levels.

Article source: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/aug/03/waratahs-revolution-complete-with-super-rugby-title

Women"s Rugby World Cup: Wing Philippa Tuttiett confident Wales can bounce ...