Culture and contracts top of Moore's list

Women's Six Nations: Scotland v Wales

Venue: The Hive Stadium, Edinburgh Date: Saturday, 22 March Kick-off: 16:45 GMT

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Wales' new head of women's rugby Belinda Moore says creating the right culture is among her top priorities.

Moore came into post a few weeks ago with the daunting task of helping to transform the women's game on and off the pitch.

She inherited a senior side which had been involved in a drawn-out 2024 dispute over professional contracts, for which the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) apologised.

Wales captain Hannah Jones said such was the stress of the negotiations that she considered quitting international rugby.

The governing body conducted a review and Moore's appointment was one of the recommendations.

"A lot of what's happened in the last couple of years has been well documented," Moore told BBC Radio Wales.

"What the reviews have done is given us a really clear road map of what needs to be done going forward, so you'll be unsurprised to know things like creating the right culture, looking at the player contracts are things at the very top of my list."

Moore will work closely with new head coach Sean Lynn to prepare the team for the upcoming Women's Six Nations and Rugby World Cup.

She said the atmosphere in camp on Monday was "great" with the arrival of Lynn who had just signed off his Gloucester-Hartpury career with a third league title.

He now has less than a week to prepare the team for their Six Nations opener against Scotland on Saturday.

"We want the girls to feel that pride in pulling on the jersey again," said Moore.

"Sean has done a great job. He talks a lot about family and the importance of that family culture around the team.

"Beyond the Six Nations we've also got a Women's Rugby World Cup this year which will be a pivotal moment for the game.

"We've seen this with the Ilona Maher effect at Bristol Bears.

"So there's a lot of real positive momentum behind the women's game at the minute and it's a really exciting time to be part of it."

Moore was appointed to the role on a nine-month interim basis in January and says the most important thing at the start of a new job "is to listen".

"There's been a very strong project that's been run as I was coming into post which gave the players a chance to voice how they felt," Moore said.

"Reading that has been a very useful.

"It's therefore building on that to go 'right, what do we need to do differently? How do we need to talk to the players? How do we work with them? How we collaborate with them? How do we make sure that they are at the centre of everything we do'?

"Ultimately they are the most important part of this this whole operation."