Women’s Six Nations: Joyce-Butchers defends TikTok dance after heavy defeat

Former Wales captain Siwan Lillicrap was involved in the dance and said she did not have a problem with it as it was more about celebrating the occasion.

“We’ve got to let people be themselves and be the personalities they are,” she told the Scrum V podcast.

“I feel for Jaz, I think some of the abuse that she’s getting is not very nice and not really called for.

“She doesn’t need to sit in a dark room. We’re seeing a personality, she’s obviously friends with Sarah Bern, they play in Bristol together.

“Everyone is entitled to their opinion. What we’ve always got to remember is women are different to men first and foremost and everyone processes their emotions differently and reacts in different ways.”

Rachel Taylor, another former Wales captain, said the dance was a “difficult one” to assess.

“It’s just a bit of a strange response after a loss, but I just think their group mentality was to enjoy the day at the Principality and that’s the sort of mood that they were in, but it’s probably a strange one for some rugby fans,” Taylor told BBC Radio Wales.

“The women’s fans of the game are quite unique and quite different at times because of that relationship they have with the players, so it’s probably a little bit more unusual from how the men’s and women’s rugby engage their fans.

“In the women’s game the players have a unique opportunity to engage with the fans a lot closer and they really do share everything, they are so open on social media in terms of their personal lives and how they work.”