Wales aware 'the opposite of success is failure' - Snowsill

Wales lost all three of their games at the Rugby World Cup

Former fly-half Elinor Snowsill says Wales and the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) have to accept their Rugby World Cup campaign was a failure.

Ahead of their final game against Fiji the WRU's head of women's rugby Belinda Moore said Wales had not "failed" at the tournament.

Wales would go on to lose their final game and finish bottom of Pool B without a win, missing out on the knock-out stages in the process.

And speaking on the latest episode of the Scrum V podcast, Snowsill disagreed with Moore's view.

"I think if you ask all the players and staff involved if this was a successful World Cup campaign, none of them would say yes, and the opposite of success is failure," said Snowsill.

"They are honest enough to recognise this was not a success, and we have to accept that.

"The important part is that it is not about how you get knocked down, it is about how you respond. This is where we will see true characters.

"It cannot be personal, it is what it is. Reflect and get better in the areas that you need to get better in."

Following their defeat to Fiji, head coach Sean Lynn insisted that Wales are in a much better place than they were after the Six Nations.

Lynn, who was appointed in January, said his side showed "character and that we are being brave" during their winless World Cup campaign.

Snowsill pointed the finger away from Lynn, adding that a fair assessment of his role can only be made after the next World Cup in 2029.

"I was very, very sad after the game," added Snowsill.

"It took me a long time to pull myself out of it. Today I have woken up, it is a fresh start and the only way is up.

"We know very clearly the areas we need to work on and we have the resources to work on it.

"It's a fresh new cycle now, we have four years to get things right, so I'm moving on and focusing on what we need to do now.

"Let's not forget Sean Lynn inherited Ioan Cunningham's contracted playing group and staffing group.

"Sean has not had too much of a say in the build-up. You look at World Cups in four-year cycles, you can judge someone after they have done a full cycle."