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Scrum V

S6E44: the Women's Six Nations and how to bridge the gap

Scrum V

BBC

Sports, Rugby

4.6961 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Gareth Rhys Owen, Lauren Jenkins and Philippa Tuttiett are inside Wales HQ and back row Bethan Lewis sits down for a chat ahead of Wales' Six Nations match in France on Sunday.

The team hear how professionalism has improved Wales' women - but how much more needs to be done to bridge the gap to France and England.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, Garrelinika here with Alan Shearer and Mike Wicherichs to say the

0:05.2

match of the day top 10 podcast is back. We'll be ranking our footballing

0:09.8

top 10s and debaitin who is right. We've got quite a good list obviously there's an

0:14.8

exception. It's the top 10 euros golden boot winners. Now we're talking

0:20.1

that's all right. You're not going wrong. Really?

0:23.4

Definitely not. Oh, thanks.

0:26.0

Mash is the day, top 10. Listen only to BBC Sounds. I've got a new one. A new what? Well,

0:37.4

squeaky bum time, game of two halves, all the sporting cliches. There's one phrase I've heard ad nauseum this week with regards

0:46.5

to Welsh Rugby. Bridging the gap. Closing the gap and that's what everybody in the game is trying to do right now in the women's game compared to France and England.

1:00.0

Do you know what else they're trying to do? Go on. Match them up front. That's yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

1:06.8

Did you hear the comments from Mali Packer. Is that what you're saying that?

1:10.8

Otherwise it's a very good link. Goley Packer post game said. I've heard this.

1:15.4

It could remind me what she says. So she was referring to the fact that Wales, like many nations,

1:20.5

are trying to close the gap and she very proudly said and we are making

1:24.2

sure that gap gets bigger.

1:26.0

I was like, oh, initially as a Welsh person I was like, oh, I guess what?

1:30.6

But actually in regards to the progression of women's sport good on you.

1:34.6

They are already putting in strong performances and they want to get better.

1:38.6

Philip Tertzied on the Scrant Fight podcast saying hello to Bethan Lewis who has just joined us.

1:45.6

Welcome to the podcast.

1:47.6

So hello Bethan, who are you?

1:48.8

Yeah, good, you're just catching us right in the middle of introduction in the

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