Get your tickets now for the Wallaroos two-match series against Wales.<\/a><\/p>\n“I’m not Pesi,” Chancellor said to reporters.<\/p>\n
“I’m not a big ball carrier, so there’s no point in me trying to play the way she does. I’ve got to stick to my own strengths as a rugby player and that’s why I’ve been picked, to play like Emily Chancellor.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s something that I’ve had a bit of experience with. I played last World Cup, all at six, pairing with Shannon Parry at seven.<\/p>\n
“It sort of feels like it’s a space I’ve been in before, and I’m honoured to think that being a traditional seven, they still see enough value to have two of us on the field instead of just one.<\/p>\n
“[The wider squad’s] been really supportive. It’s been really nice. The prep’s been great. We’ve been on the beautiful, sunny Gold Coast, as much as we’ve had a couple of days of rain and it looks like it might be raining tomorrow.<\/p>\n
“We haven’t [been here] for a couple of years though so it is nice to be back on the Gold Coast and getting the opportunity to have recovery at the beach and just that warmer weather.”<\/p>\n
Chancellor will have a lot of work trying to contain a dangerous Welsh pack, one that pulled off a maiden win over the Wallaroos in Newport less than 12 months ago.<\/p>\n
“We know they’re physical,” she added.<\/p>\n
“We know they like to break down work. We’ll be expecting a lot of physical edge. We’ll just be making sure we meet them in a physical battle first before we unlock our weapons out the back.”<\/p>\n
The backline will also be missing the likes of Sevens star Charlotte Caslick, who has proven an effective weapon since coming into the side earlier this year.<\/p>\n
However, with Georgia Friedrichs stepping back in her place and an effective back up in Cecilia Smith available on the bench, Chancellor has admitted the Sevens stars have given the side a taste of depth and competition for positions.<\/p>\n
“I think it’s a real credit to the depth of our sport,” Chancellor affirmed.<\/p>\n
“It doesn’t really feel like it’s warranted. It doesn’t really feel like there’s a foot out of line.<\/p>\n
“I think the girls have really stepped up to this.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Emily Chancellor’s appointment as the 19th captain for the Wallaroos has been one well-received in camp, the 29-capped…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20120,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,19259],"class_list":["post-20119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-wallaroos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20119"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20119\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}