Wales captain Bethan Lewis described her side’s 33-12 defeat to Ireland in the Women’s Six Nations as ‘frustrating.’

Wales should have headed down the tunnel trailing 12-7 but a failure to get the ball off the park when the clock had been in the red gifted Ireland one last attack.

“We speak about championship moments and that is one of them,” said Wales captain Bethan Lewis.

“Putting ourselves on the back foot going into half-time, it’s frustrating. We need to tighten up with things like that.”

Wales were able to rally after the break against England, scoring two late tries, but struggled against Ireland before Jasmine Joyce’s late consolation.

“We’re ranked 12th in the world, we played the team ranked fifth in the world and you can clearly see when you’re away from home, you’ve got to be a lot more clinical,” added Wales head coach Sean Lynn.

“We said in the huddle at the end of the game, we’ve got to be better with our composure and accuracy.

“I wouldn’t have said the girls dropped their heads. They stuck at it, stuck to their processes, but Ireland kept the ball really well.

“The girls give everything out there and when you see them upset after the game it’s because they care, they want to be winning, so it is tough.”

Wales now welcome Italy to the Cardiff Arms Park for the final match of the Women’s Six Nations campaign, seeking to end a now-eight game losing streak.

“We will come out firing. We’re hurting. We do have more to give. There is a lot of learnings and hopefully we can put on a good show next week,” said Lewis.

“The first two games at home were incredible. The support was incredible and having that red wall in the stand will give us energy.”

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