Welsh Rugby Union
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00:00Yeah it's definitely been a challenging 12 months and things can change in 12
00:04months and I suppose that the the challenging thing is that when I look at
00:09the squad at the moment and particularly the back line we look at apart from
00:13McGarrett and Skim you look at Helen experienced the rest of that back line
00:17is in terms of the number of caps I think we've we've tried to be pretty
00:21clear about trying to build and develop this group of youngsters we know it
00:25takes a little bit time but I'm well aware that you're not always given time
00:30it's about about performance it's about results as well so yeah I've tried not
00:36to shy away from that I understand and and criticism and pressure is as part of
00:42the role and part of the job and all we can do is keep working as hard as we
00:48have been doing as a group of players and coaches and and hopefully the tide
00:53turns pretty soon as a group of players and as a group of staff the effort that's
01:00going into it I know how inexperienced we are the unfortunate thing is that we
01:08don't have the luxury of a lot of time together and if I look back on squads
01:14that have been involved in the past and you've had World Cup campaigns with
01:19teams and the progress that we've made having it three or four months together
01:23and then the continuity with that team over the next couple of seasons it gives
01:27you that and we we lost all that continuity after after the World Cup and
01:32it had made the decision to invest in this younger group of players so it's
01:37going to take time whether we're given that time or not time time will tell and
01:41we'll just wait and see but I think the atmosphere and the group this group of
01:49players the way they conducted themselves and how hard they worked in
01:53Australia were a credit to Wales as a nation that all the feedback that we had
01:58from hotels and bus to bus companies we dealt with and the training venues you
02:06know they were a fantastic group and the positive vibes that I'm getting back
02:11from the group now in terms of they haven't lost confidence yet in terms of
02:15what they're saying that they're well aware that you know we need to get across the line
02:20and how do we do that and maybe bounce a ball and a couple decisions and a
02:25little bit of luck would help but yeah we're just going to keep working hard
02:29and keep fighting