Tears Of Joy As Lynn Urges Wales To 'believe'

Women's summertime series: Australia v Wales

Venue: North Sydney Oval Date: Friday, 1 August Kick-off: 10:00 BST

Coverage: Watch connected BBC Sport online and BBC iPlayer, perceive connected Radio Wales, Radio Cymru and BBC Sounds.

"Remember this one, retrieve it."

Those were nan words preached to Wales' rain-soaked players by caput coach Sean Lynn aft Saturday's heroic 21-12 triumph complete Australia successful Brisbane.

"You've conscionable gone into nan Aussies' backyard and you've taken a scalp," he said.

"Believe successful this, judge successful this travel we're on, it's gonna beryllium a bully one."

The proud Welshman was intelligibly flooded pinch emotion having won his first crippled since taking complaint successful March.

The truth that Lynn and skipper Alex Callender some arrived astatine nan property convention pinch tears still successful their eyes showed conscionable really overmuch triumph meant.

Yes, it was not nan World Cup final, but it was a important milestone aft what had been a disastrous mates of years successful Wales' master journey.

More importantly, nan capacity laid down a marker for nan 2025 World Cup which kicks disconnected successful England successful conscionable 4 weeks.

Wales person yet arrived.

Lynn had spoken successful nan build-up successful Brisbane that he and nan players had a constituent to beryllium aft Wales mislaid each 5 Six Nations games for nan first clip successful their history.

And that they surely did.

Let america commencement pinch his determination to name Callender arsenic a co-captain. She was simply outstanding.

Playing successful unfamiliar territory astatine number eight, nan 24-year-old showed maturity beyond her years and led from nan beforehand pinch a move protect display.

Her effort was epitomised pinch a try-saving turnover erstwhile Australia were connected nan beforehand ft successful nan 2nd half.

"I americium truthful proud of nan girls," Callender said.

"We person spoken a batch astir physicality and 1 to 23 stood up today. This is simply a connection we wanted and a level we tin look guardant to."

A mention must besides spell to her predecessor Hannah Dallavalle (nee Jones), who Lynn had stripped of nan captaincy successful a bid to promote nan shape he knew she was tin of while they were together astatine Gloucester-Hartpury.

That determination besides paid disconnected arsenic Dallavalle scored nan decisive effort aft pouncing connected a perfectly weighted footwear from Lleucu George, whose kicking crippled proved nan quality successful mediocre conditions.

Talk astir things going to plan.

Let america besides talk astir nan youngsters, possibly nan astir encouraging facet of Wales' win.

Six of nan matchday squad were nether nan property of 21, which intends they will apt beryllium successful their premier travel nan 2029 World Cup.

Nel Metcalfe, 20, was deservedly named subordinate of nan lucifer pinch her two-try show from full-back, while 19-year-old fastener Alaw Pyrs gave her champion capacity to date, putting successful crunching tackle aft tackle.

Baby-faced Maisie Davies continues to look each inch an world prop, while Seren Lockwood, Katherine Baverstock and Tilly Vucaj each made an effect from nan chair connected debut.

Sisilia Tuipulotu was besides a invited show from nan chair having missed nan Six Nations done injury. She whitethorn person been astir for a mates of seasons, but nan powerful tight-head is still only 21 herself.

We must besides not hide nan 'older guard', Bethan Lewis, 26, put successful an unthinkable displacement alongside Callender successful nan backmost row.

Lewis held backmost her tears erstwhile asked what it meant to get a first triumph for Lynn, her erstwhile coach astatine Gloucester.

"I'm emotional," she said. "He is simply a value personification and to beryllium capable to put that capacity successful for him, I cognize really overmuch he cares and he shows america that, and to beryllium capable to execute for illustration that and hopefully build going forward, it intends nan world."

The ever-smiling Kelsey Jones besides beamed pinch pridefulness aft winning her 50th cap.

"Thank you for making it a bully 1 and 1 to remember", she told her team-mates successful nan dressing room afterwards while dancing to her anthem Proud Mary.

We must of people not get carried distant while rolling down Proud Mary's river.

You only person to formed your mind backmost to past September erstwhile Wales hit Australia for nan first clip successful their history astatine Rodney Parade, only to suffer a hammering a week later to nan aforesaid guidance astatine WXV2.

Wales will beryllium looking to backmost up their capacity erstwhile they meet Australia again nether nan lights successful Sydney connected Friday if they are to beryllium considered contenders successful World Cup Pool B - which besides contains Canada, Scotland and Fiji.

It is worthy noting Australia were missing immoderate cardinal players connected Saturday, nary much truthful than influential skipper Siokapesi Palu, but Wales besides person nan likes of Gwenllian Pyrs, Carys Phillips, Abbie Fleming and co-captain Kate Williams to travel backmost into nan fray.

"We are going to bask it [victory] but we cognize we person activity connected Monday fresh for a six-day turnaround," said Lynn.

"We are not nan vanished article and still person a batch to activity on, but what I wanted from nan squad and nan girls this week, they delivered.

"We're still going to activity hard, I mean it, because we're taking it to nan World Cup."