Wales prop Sisilia Tuipulotu, fly-half Kayleigh Powell and full-back Nel Metcalfe all spoke in support of Evans’ actions at Tuesday’s media conference.”I don’t think anyone should change who they are on or off the field – if that’s their personality, that’s who they are, I’m not going to judge them,” said Tuipulotu,”Georgia is a class player, so it doesn’t matter if she has a bow in her hair or make-up on her face – she shows what she can do on the field and that’s all that matters.”I don’t think people see how much what they say can affect a person.”Powell said: “I 100% support the girls speaking out about it, because I guess if you don’t talk about it, it doesn’t get fixed – but then also are we giving them [the online abusers] the attention they want? It’s a hard one.”For me, it just makes me really sad that people feel that’s what they want to do, rather than just support the game. If you’re not interested, just don’t say anything.”Metcalfe said: “I don’t know how some people can be so cruel – type a message out and think that’s OK to send to someone.”At the end of the day we’re all people and it’s not acceptable at all, so we stand with both Georgia and Lisa and hopefully they’re both OK.”
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Women’s Rugby World Cup: Wales stand with Evans after online abuse
