'Gutted but we've nothing to lose now' - Wales plot Canada upset

Women's Rugby World Cup 2025: Canada v Wales

Venue: Salford Community Stadium Date: Saturday, 30 August Kick-off: 12:00 BST

Coverage: Live connected BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website & app, Radio Wales, Radio Cymru and BBC Sounds

Kelsey Jones says Wales will person "nothing to lose" and must backmost themselves erstwhile they return connected Pool B favourites Canada astatine nan Rugby World Cup.

Wales suffered a daze 38-8 conclusion by Scotland successful their opening game, which realistically intends they must hit nan 2nd champion squad successful nan world adjacent if they are to situation for nan quarter-finals.

Canada person already laid down a marker pinch their 65-7 triumph complete Fiji.

"Right now it's axenic disappointment and frustration," said Wales hooker Jones.

"We're perfectly gutted, but it's a really bully opportunity now to reflect.

"We've sewage thing to lose, we request to measurement it up and spell against Canada - and a awesome opportunity against Fiji arsenic well. You ne'er cognize what tin happen, I'm optimistic."

Scotland versus Wales had been billed arsenic nan make-or-break lucifer for some sides, pinch Canada tipped to apical nan pool.

Despite their off-field issues involving subordinate contracts, Scotland delivered an awesome six-try show of solidarity against a woeful Wales.

"That was our cup final, that's really we saw it," said Jones.

"Unfortunately we weren't bully enough. Fair play to Scotland, they turned up and proved a point."

Wales return to Salford Community Stadium to return connected Canada connected Saturday and Jones sees it arsenic an opportunity to redeem themselves.

"There are things that we've sewage to look guardant to, we're playing successful a World Cup and what an juncture it is," she said.

"You ne'er cognize what tin hap successful rugby, it depends connected who turns up connected nan day, truthful we're really excited for nan opportunity to spell retired location astatine slightest 2 much times.

"Canada is going to beryllium a immense challenge, we cognize that they're physical.

"We opportunity 'we're going to beryllium a difficult squad to beat', unluckily we didn't beryllium that, truthful I deliberation we person an opportunity to beryllium that we tin beryllium a difficult squad to beat.

"We'll conscionable propulsion it each astatine Canada and spot what we tin do."

Wales came successful for immoderate disapproval aft their performance, but Jones has urged nan fans to instrumentality pinch them.

"We emotion your support, we emotion inspiring that adjacent generation. That's thing we really pridefulness ourselves on, making judge we spot group aft nan game," she said.

"Please move up, please travel and support us. Nothing changes, we spell again and we're still nan aforesaid Welsh squad and we want to put our champion ft forward."