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Wales rugby boss defends preparations in Australia
Western Mail
|July 17, 2025
WELSH rugby boss Belinda Moore has defended the decision to prepare for the 2025 Women’s World Cup in England on the other side of the world.
Wales travel Down Under today for a two-Test series against Australia, with matches in Brisbane on July 26 and Sydney on August 1.
Sean Lynn’s squad will have clocked up 20,000 air miles before returning for their tournament opener against Scotland in Salford on August 23 - a contest crucial as far as qualification for the knockout stages is concerned with world number two-ranked Canada in their pool.
Moore said the decision to prepare for the World Cup in Australia was taken before her appointment as head of women’s rugby in Wales in January, but insisted there are positive factors to the exhausting trip.
“This is part of a reciprocal arrangement as Australia came here before WXV on their way to South Africa,’ Moore said as Wales’ World Cup kit was unveiled in Carmarthenshire.
“We covered the hosting costs there and we have to go to camp somewhere, so this is cost-effective oddly.
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