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Elinor Snowsill, a former fly-half, calls it “very frustrating” when England place second place behind Wales’ best young talent.
Since turning her Wales career into a career in 2012, Snowsill has been in charge of one of the Welsh Rugby Union’s (WRU) player development centers.
She also serves as the head coach of Cardiff Met and Wales Under-18s, where she claimed that there is a “golden generation” emerging.
However, “headhunting” from across the border worries Snowsill.
She stated on the Scrum V podcast that some of England’s most gifted players in the age range have been contacted and asked to travel there instead.
Wales or the “world champion”?
Given the success of Wales-born Meg Jones and Lucy Packer, Snowsill said she “feels wrong” about playing for the world champions.
“You’ve seen the Red Roses’ high investment by the RFU,” said Bob. In contrast, she said, “Wales and Scotland have invested heavily in their respective pathways over the past few years.”
“They have a lot of players playing because England is so dominant right now.”
A number of Welsh players claim that this is what I want to do, though.
They watched Wales fail to win the World Cup in the first two stages before watching England win the trophy and the atmosphere.
However, Snowsill claims that having a Welsh birthplace has advantages.
Because we are a small country, she said, “We can really combine our resources.”
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Snowsill praised the WRU’s additional funding for Gwalia Lightning and Brython Thunder as a Celtic Challenge champion.
With the intention of bringing Welsh talent back to Wales, it will allow for dual contracts, additional coaching staff, and resources.
If players aren’t returning to the team roster or playing a lot of rugby, “we’re going to be bringing them back,” she said.
However, Snowsill thinks the package must be competitive for players to stay in England, even if they aren’t playing on matchday teams.
With this new funding, the challenge is to make it as appealing as possible for us to stay in Wales and participate in the journey, she said. “We’ve worked hard to develop our talent.
It won’t happen overnight, he said.
However, I firmly believe that Wales will succeed in the upcoming World Cup and subsequent ones.
Too much, too soon?
Philippa Tuttiett believes Wales would benefit from having just one professional team, whether that be the Celtic Challenge or the possibility of joining the PWR.
Every player should be supported in the most effective setting to pursue their goals, Tutiertt said on the Scrum V podcast.
How are you going to make two professional teams out of Wales’ bottom-seeded Six Nations team, which had 30-35 players in the World Cup? You must add even more players.
Tuttiett also emphasized the value of making players strive to be professionals rather than just receiving contracts.
When I was younger, I worked so hard to even join my club team. I’m not sure if it would have kept my hunger alive if someone turned to me when I was 18 and said, “There’s a professional contract,” she said.
Let’s not get too big too soon, I personally would prefer it to be a one-professional team and build.
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