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Wales captain Hannah Jones has urged followers to “follow us” after their disappointing defeat to Eire.
Jones has written an open letter to supporters explaining among the feedback she made post-match.
“I stated that Eire confirmed extra ‘coronary heart and need’ than us, however some individuals took that as me saying Wales did not need to win, which I did not imply,” she wrote.
“It isn’t attainable for anybody to need to win greater than us, and our ambition each week is to come back away with a win.
“Our hearts are completely in our efficiency, and that is why I used to be so affected by the loss after the match.
“I additionally stated that we did not flip up, and that we weren’t changing the alternatives we had in Eire’s 22 into factors on the board.
“I did not imply to place the blame on any particular person there. It was an sincere reflection about what all of us, together with myself and the coaches, may very well be doing higher.
“Merely put, that wasn’t us on Saturday.”
Jones was clearly dissatisfied within the information convention and stated her responses got here after being “bodily and emotionally exhausted after giving it my all for 80 minutes”.
“Individuals have questioned whether or not our hearts had been within the recreation. After all they had been, and my disappointment was as a result of we did not match what Eire dropped at the Take a look at,” Jones stated in an article on the Contested App.
She additionally stated the loss was “proper up there” as one of many hardest of her rugby profession, however her job as captain was to “pull the crew collectively” and construct confidence earlier than their fourth spherical match in opposition to France on Sunday.
“We’ve got a ‘nothing to lose, the whole lot to achieve’ mentality heading into this match, and I promise you we are going to put all our effort into displaying you what we are able to do,” Jones added.
“All I ask is that you simply follow us by the highs and the lows.
“Your assist means the world to us. I do know there are followers who’re dissatisfied proper now, however I hope you proceed to assist us as we attempt to flip the tide now.”