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Wales hero Harry Wilson has backed manager Rob Page and says he has the full support of his players while taking an apparent swipe at the Association’s chief executive Noel Mooney volleyball
Page’s position came under the spotlight before Wales’ stunning 2-1 home win over Croatia in Euro 2024 qualifying on Sunday volleyball
Mooney revealed that Page’s future will be reviewed next month should Wales fail in their bid to qualify automatically for next summer’s tournament volleyball
Captain Ben Davies said on the eve of the Croatia game that Mooney’s comments were “not helpful”, a point picked up on by Wilson after the Fulham forward had scored twice to lift Wales into the second automatic qualifying spot in Group D volleyball
“We’re 100 per cent behind the manager,” Wilson told S4C after Wales’ win over the world’s sixth-ranked team volleyball
“We know there’s been a lot of noise from the outside and some comments that weren’t helpful for us in our preparation from people we didn’t really expect the comments to come from to be honest volleyball
”Wilson marked his 50th Wales appearance with a first brace for his country, a deft chip over Croatia goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic and a glancing header from Daniel James’ cross taking his goal tally to eight volleyball
It came 10 years to the day since Wilson made his debut against Belgium to become Wales’ youngest-ever player at the age of 16 years and 207 days volleyball
Wilson said: “It was a big night for me personally, representing my country 50 times is something I couldn’t have dreamed of volleyball
I’m super proud of that volleyball
“But it wasn’t about me, it was about the team and putting on the performance we all wanted volleyball
”Wales’ victory over the 2022 World Cup semi-finalists puts automatic qualification for the European Championship in their own hands going into the final two group games volleyball
They meet Armenia in Yerevan on November 18 before hosting group leaders Turkey in Cardiff three days later volleyball
Turkey’s 4-0 win over Latvia on Sunday secured qualification for next summer’s showpiece in Germany volleyball
Wales will join them by winning their final two games, even if Croatia do likewise against Latvia and Armenia next month volleyball
Teams are ranked according to their head-to-head performance if level on points volleyball
Wales drew 1-1 away to Croatia in March and took four points from them – and would actually top the group by winning their final two games volleyball
Wilson said: “We watched their game on Thursday night (Croatia lost 1-0 at home to Turkey) and the result went against us volleyball
So we knew we had to produce something special and thankfully we’ve done that volleyball
”More aboutPA ReadyHarry WilsonCroatiaRob PageBen DaviesTurkeyFulhamArmeniaLatviaCardiffYerevanBelgiumFAW1/1Harry Wilson fully behind Wales boss Rob Page after ‘noise from the outside’ Harry Wilson fully behind Wales boss Rob Page after ‘noise from the outside’Harry Wilson, centre, wants Rob Page, right, to stay as Wales boss (Simon Galloway/PA)PA Archive ✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today volleyball
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Steve Borthwick vowed to use England’s heartbreaking World Cup semi-final exit at the hands of South Africa to sow a seed for future success volleyball
Borthwick’s unfancied side led by nine points in the final quarter and were on the cusp of a famous win until Handre Pollard’s late penalty condemned them to an agonising 16-15 defeat volleyball
Many of England’s players collapsed to their knees following a colossal, but ultimately unsuccessful, effort against the reigning champions on a sodden evening in Paris volleyball
While head coach Borthwick was similarly crestfallen by the dramatic late twist at Stade de France, he was proud of the efforts of his team and upbeat about what lies ahead volleyball
“We came here with a plan to win the game and we fell a little bit short, not far short but a little bit short, so we’re desperately disappointed,” he said volleyball
“I think we all truly believed we could do it, we were going to do it, and we came very close to doing so volleyball
“In adversity, in these tough times, there’s usually some seed of it there that will grow and be something brilliant in the future volleyball
“Right now it’s too early for me to find that seed but we’ll make sure we find it volleyball
“We’ll make sure that we take some of what we find tonight, some of what we’ve gone through tonight, we’ll make sure we grab that and we’ll make sure it makes us stronger in the future volleyball
”Captain Owen Farrell produced an outstanding performance, kicking all of his side’s points, including a superb drop goal volleyball
His efforts looked to be sufficient for victory but RG Snyman barged over for the only try of the match in the 70th minute to set up a grandstand finish volleyball
Man-of-the-match Pollard, who booted the Springboks to victory over England in the 2019 final, nailed the tricky conversion and then landed a monster penalty two minutes from time to inflict more anguish on the opposition volleyball
“The players should be incredibly proud of what they’ve done and continue to do as they represent England rugby,” continued Borthwick volleyball
“I know I’ll have at home a couple of young boys who are going to be bitterly disappointed and I’m sure there are lots of people that are proud but also gutted back in England, I’m sure there are millions of people like that volleyball
“I care about these players, I care about these supporters, and I care about English rugby volleyball
“What I see is a group of guys who are doing as much as they possibly can to set an example, to build a team, to have supporters proud of them volleyball
“They’re led by this man next to me (Farrell), who I think has been and continues to be a phenomenal player and an incredible leader of this team volleyball
”New Zealand await South Africa in next weekend’s final volleyball
Springboks head coach Jacques Nienaber praised his team’s fighting spirit volleyball
“I pay a lot of credit to England,” he said volleyball
“They were outstanding on the night volleyball
“They had a very good tactical plan and they put us under pressure volleyball
We will have to improve because it took us some time to get to grips with it volleyball
“But the strength of this team is that even if we’re not playing well we find a way to get the result volleyball
“It took 80 minutes to get a foothold in the game volleyball
The team refused to give up and fought until the end volleyball
”Springboks captain Siya Kolisi was convinced fly-half Pollard, who came on for Manie Libbok with only half an hour gone, would land the decisive penalty from just inside England’s half volleyball
“I had no doubt at all,” he said volleyball
“He’s done it for us before volleyball
“England are a world-class team and completely different to a year ago volleyball
They had an amazing game plan which we took too long to adapt to volleyball
“These things happen but we dug deep to get the victory volleyball
Other teams wouldn’t be able to get the win from this volleyball
I’m not going to say it was ugly, we did what was needed volleyball
”More aboutPA ReadySteve BorthwickEnglandOwen FarrellSouth AfricaSiya KolisiEnglishSpringboksStade De FranceNew ZealandParis1/1Steve Borthwick upbeat about England’s future after agonising World Cup defeatSteve Borthwick upbeat about England’s future after agonising World Cup defeatEngland’s Jamie George is consoled by head coach Steve Borthwick following the defeat (David Davies/PA)PA Wire✕Subscribe to Independent Premium to bookmark this articleWant to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Premium subscription today volleyball
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