WALES Women will head to Newport on Tuesday knowing that a World Cup qualifying win against Russia will put them 90 minutes away from a first major tournament.

Kayleigh Green's second-half winner against Bosnia-Herzegovina at Swansea's Liberty Stadium on Thursday put the heat on rivals England.

And if Jayne Ludlow's side, who have not conceded a goal in six Group One games, can bag another victory at Spytty Park then they will set up a mouth-watering home clash with the English in August at a venue yet to be decided.

Wales have given themselves a crack thanks to their battling goalless draw with the Lionesses in Southampton in April.

"I don't think anybody involved at the start of this campaign would have thought we would be in this position right now," said Ludlow.

"I took this role because I'm very passionate about helping all Welsh players achieve something they desperately want. We're still on the road to doing that.

"Everyone did their jobs and it's kept us on the road to potentially creating history, but the next game will decide that."

England finish their campaign against Kazakhstan in September and remain favourites for top spot but Ludlow is thrilled that her charges showed more signs of development in their testing Bosnia clash.

"We're extremely happy, but we're still a developing team with things to work on," she said.

"The first half we weren't too pleased with many areas of our play; we seemed to be playing the occasion a bit too much.

"The group as a whole proved they listen to instructions because they went out and they changed it.

"All our players want to enjoy playing in front of their family and friends and they want to put on a performance for them, and it can take your mind into a different place and you can forget your role for a few minutes.

"But as international footballers they can't afford to do that. We'll be taking that lesson from today and it won't happen again.

"The challenge for us was to make sure the journey is still going to happen.

"(For us) the expectation is to be better than we have been in the previous game and that's no different now. There's areas we can improve on and there's areas we're really pleased with.

"We'll pat ourselves on the back, but we can still improve."

Wales: O'Sullivan, Dykes, Ingle (captain), Roberts, Harding, James, Green, Fishlock, Rowe, Ladd, Ward (Lawrence 89').

Subs: Skinner, Evans, Griffiths, Hughes, Nolan, Miles

Goal: Green