Watch every game of the Women’s Rugby World Cup live and on-demand via Stan Sport.<\/a><\/p>\nIn wet conditions at North Sydney Oval, the Australians ran in 29 unanswered points and nearly produced a record win over the Welsh, if not for a disallowed try after the siren.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ve got to know that from within we can put in an 80 minute performance.\u00a0I think that’s what that game did for us,\u201d Chancellor said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt solidified in our minds that the work that we’ve been doing\u00a0over the last 4, 5, 6 months or 18 months has been leading to the one point.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can let a little bit of doubt creep in after last week’s performance\u00a0but to know that we can bounce back in a week\u00a0and we can put something together and make such small tweaks\u00a0to put a whole performance together\u00a0I think puts us in a really confident position in the future\u00a0knowing that we can do that in bad weather so watch out in the dry.\u201c<\/p>\n
Chancellor was there in 2022 when the Wallaroos fought their way into the quarter-finals at the last World Cup in New Zealand.<\/p>\n
She marvelled at the improvement since that campaign, confident that this is the best preparation yet for a World Cup.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s worlds apart [from 2022].\u00a0Australian Rugby’s come such a long way,\u201d Chancellor explained.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe women’s program has grown in resources, in preparation,\u00a0the amount of time we’ve spent together this year, it’s crazy.\u00a0We’ve spent so much time together and I think it’s such a good reflection\u00a0of what the investment has been in the women’s game and our team\u00a0and I think that leads to feeling better about your preparation.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou feel more confident, you feel more connected with the players. We know we’ve done a lot more work together and we’re a cohesive group.\u00a0Not that we weren’t in 2022 but I think now we’re ready to go\u00a0and we’re excited for what’s in front of us.”\u00a0<\/p>\n
For coach Jo Yapp, it ends her stint on Australian soil on a high note, departing at the end of the World Cup on home soil for the former Red Rose.<\/p>\n
\u201cI’m super proud to coach this group\u00a0not just as players but as people,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey’re a really amazing group and amazing role models for youngsters\u00a0and the rugby’s one part of it but just being able to work with them\u00a0and be around them, I’ve learnt a lot as well\u00a0and I’m just super fortunate for having had this role\u00a0and I’m looking forward to the next bit which is the World Cup.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wallaroos captain Emily Chancellor believes their 36-5 win over Wales sends a timely message to their World Cup…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85,19259],"class_list":["post-38725","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\/38725","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=38725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}