{"id":13485,"date":"2026-04-20T22:23:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=13485"},"modified":"2026-04-20T22:23:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:23:59","slug":"womens-six-nations-poor-geography-leads-to-de-veras-wales-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/?p=13485","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s Six Nations: Poor geography leads to De Vera&#8217;s Wales debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">De Vera was a late call-up to Saturday&#8217;s matchday squad after the withdrawal of Carys Cox, so there was little time for nerves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Being in Cardiff Arms, knowing that my family&#8217;s there, knowing that my friends are there, I would be doing a real disservice to myself if I put too much pressure and not enjoy it,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The spectacle of the first cap was probably something that I needed to remind myself, it was a real achievement and I&#8217;m really grateful to be given that opportunity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">De Vera is hopeful of being involved again on Saturday when Wales travel to Ashton Gate to take on world champions England. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;To be trusted with that opportunity on Saturday, to really go for it, has given me a lot of confidence,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m so excited because although the score didn&#8217;t reflect, it was a harsh score, I feel that we are on an upwards trajectory together as seniors, Under-20s and 18s.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>De Vera was a late call-up to Saturday&#8217;s matchday squad after the withdrawal of Carys Cox, so there was little time for nerves. &#8220;Being in Cardiff Arms, knowing that my family&#8217;s there, knowing that my friends are there, I would be doing a real disservice to myself if I put too much pressure and not<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rugby"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13485"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13485\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/outdoorthrill.cfd\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}