Rugby World Cup 2025: Wales ready to prove a point – co-captain Kate Williams

Lynn welcomes the competitiveness in his 32-player squad, admitting he had some selection headaches before naming his team for Saturday’s opener.

“That’s where we’re at at the moment, it’s really nice the competitiveness that we’ve got in the squad,” he said.

“Today it got a little bit spicy in training and that’s how I think it should be.

“We’re in a World Cup and it’s the biggest World Cup, so it’s really exciting and the girls are just thriving on it.”

While Lynn said there is still more to come from his side, he believes they have made progress in the collision area over the summer, with Ben Flower coming into his backroom staff.

“We’re on the right track, I set targets after the Six Nations to the players, they went away and have come back in better shape,” Lynn said.

“The big emphasis is making sure that we can play with the intensity that I want us to.

“I’ve been driving scenarios into the girls… hopefully there will be some scenarios on Saturday that we’ve done already and fingers crossed we will come out on top.”