Wales ' prospects have rarely looked higher over the past decade or so as they approach this year's Women's Six Nations, their first tournament since introducing the country's first wave of full-time players.
That's not all that's new around the camp ahead of the 2022 competition, however, as the team has been using Kegel training as a means of combating one of the major taboos associated with women's sports. Specifically, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) has partnered with femtech brand Elvie in an effort to fight urinary incontinence.
A study of female university rugby players found 54 per cent had experienced incontinence at some point, growing to 79 per cent accounting for women in general aged 18 to 35. Of those, 68 per cent said they leak "at least once per week," underlining just how common the issue is.
