'Amazing' boss Lynn backed to turn Wales around

Co-captain Kate Williams believes leader Sean Lynn is nan cleanable fresh to move astir Wales' fortunes aft their Women's Rugby World Cup nightmare.

The semi-finals of nan tourney took spot this play but Wales endured a group-stage exit aft a costly opening conclusion by Scotland, a dense nonaccomplishment by Canada and a daze upset astatine nan hands of Fiji.

Lynn took complete arsenic nationalist leader successful January aft starring Gloucester-Hartpury to 3 successive Premiership Women's Rugby titles.

He has won 1 of 10 Tests – July's stunning triumph against Australia successful Brisbane – but Williams is assured her aged nine leader tin move astir Wales' fortunes.

"Sean is an astonishing coach and his biggest driver for america is that he believes successful america arsenic players and believes successful america arsenic a team," said nan back-row forward.

"That's truthful important for america to move forward, to return nan learnings we person from this twelvemonth and judge we tin do this.

"The measurement that he sees nan crippled really suits america arsenic a squad pinch nan measurement that we want to onslaught and defend. Once we get amended astatine doing that together we will spot betterment adjacent year."

Williams has won 2 convention titles pinch Gloucester-Hartpury since moving from New Zealand successful 2023, scoring a effort successful this year's last occurrence against Saracens.

Lynn has played a large domiciled successful her maturation and nan 25-year-old believes nan caput coach has nan attributes to lead nan climb from 12th successful nan world rankings.

"He coaches from an affectional spot but is besides fantabulous tactically, he brings that passion and that's what we pat into arsenic Welsh people," she said.

"Lynny pumped truthful overmuch assurance into maine astatine Gloucester-Hartpury and believed successful me, erstwhile possibly I didn't judge successful myself astatine nan time.

"I cognize that he is nan correct man for nan occupation and he will thief spot america done to amended times successful this adjacent year."

Lynn has already stressed that his squad needs to play much minutes for their PWR clubs and is keen to usage nan Celtic Challenge to get them crippled time.

Williams is assured that specified an attack will lead to speedy gains successful 2026.

"There is nary shying distant from nan truth that it was a disappointing World Cup pinch performances and results but we person a batch of guidance going into nan Six Nations adjacent year," she said.

"We cognize we request to activity connected playing much rugby pinch our clubs and successful nan Celtic Challenge to get that crippled fittingness and crippled IQ.

"That's wherever we will amended coming into nan Six Nations – it will amended fitness, skills and connections.

"There is truthful overmuch maturation successful nan adjacent twelvemonth done our Celtic Challenge teams. That's wherever we tin get monolithic maturation and competitiveness from nan girls successful nan Under-20s and Under-18s.

"They are really pushing america and are playing a caller measurement of rugby that will really align pinch really we want to play."

Williams has enjoyed a accelerated emergence and her exploits successful 2024-25 led to her being named arsenic Welsh Rugby Writers' Association women's subordinate of nan year.

That honour comes aft being named arsenic players' subordinate of nan play by her clubmates aft their title triumph.

"I americium conscionable loving playing my rugby astatine nan infinitesimal and that showed pinch really I played successful nan Six Nations and for Gloucester-Hartpury," said Williams, who served successful nan New Zealand Navy earlier moving to pursuit her rugby dream pinch Wales.

"All of nan opportunities that I person had person been unbelievable and I consciousness really fortunate to play pinch nan players that I do.

"Looking backmost astatine my travel complete nan past 3 years I person made immoderate large gains successful my crippled and besides large gains successful really I americium disconnected nan field. Around nan situation I consciousness much confident, which is translating into my rugby."