Women’s Six Nations: Wales’ foot off gas – Georgia Evans

Forward Georgia Evans says Wales have taken their foot off the gas and that has allowed the rest of the Six Nations to pass them by.

Evans has been a mainstay in the Wales side that climbed to a record high of sixth place in the world following successive third-place finishes in the championship.

But their progress has badly stalled this year amid four defeats, despite additional investment into the game.

Now they face Italy on Saturday aiming to avoid a first Women’s Six Nations whitewash.

Evans, 27, said: “We’ve got the strongest squad we’ve ever had, with the strength in depth, and have everything we need to be a success.

“But it’s sobering that other teams have rapidly caught us up in terms of professionalism.

“It’s not that we’ve got worse, but we’ve probably taken our foot off the gas and other teams have caught up.

“But we’ll be the first to hold up our hands and say we haven’t done what was expected of us. Now we need to get our foot back down.”