Australia V Wales: Women’s International Rugby Union – Live

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And here’s really nan visitors lineup…

WALES (1-15): Gwenllian Pyrs, Carys Phillips, Sisilia Tuipulotu, Gwen Crabb, Abbie Fleming, Kate Williams (co-c), Bethan Lewis, Alex Callender (co-c), Keira Bevan, Kayleigh Powell, Lisa Neumann, Courtney Knight, Carys Cox, Jasmine Joyce, Nel Metcalfe. REPLACEMENTS: Molly Reardon, Maisie Davies, Jenni Scoble, Alaw Pyrs, Georgia Evans, Meg Davies, Lleucu George, Catherine Richards

To proceed nan tone of revamp, co-captain Kate Williams returns to nan broadside coming successful nan back-row. Wales person besides selected elected to section a marque caller front-row pinch Gwenllian Pyrs, Carys Phillips and Sisilia Tuipulotu each starting.

There’s besides a precocious alteration arsenic Hannah Dallavalle replaces Lleucu George in nan 23. And congratulations to Welsh winger Jasmine Joyce who wins her 50th headdress tonight.

WALLAROOS (1-15): Faliki Pohiva, Katalina Amosa, Bridie O’Gorman, Kaitlan Leaney, Michaela Leonard, Piper Duck, Emily Chancellor (c), Tabua Tuinakauvadra, Samantha Wood, Faitala Moleka, Desiree Miller, Trilleen Pomare, Georgina Friedrichs, Maya Stewart, Caitlyn Halse. REPLACEMENTS: Tania Naden, Lydia Kavoa, Alapeta Ngauamo, Ashley Fernandez, Ashley Marsters, Layne Morgan, Tia Hinds, Waiaria Ellis.

The header inclusion for Australia is winger (Wallaroos’ all-time starring try-scorer) Maya Stewart who returns from knee room successful May. Stewart starts connected nan correct helping successful 1 of 5 changes by coach Yapp.

Stewart’s return shifts Waiaria Ellis to nan chair while Faitala Moleka and Samantha Wood shape a new-look halves combination, starting astatine flyhalf and scrumhalf respectively. Tia Hinds and Layne Morgan move to nan reserves alongside past week’s starters Lydia Kavoa and Ashley Marsters, pinch Western Force’s Alapeta Ngauamo besides connected nan conifer to switch nan injured Eva Karpani (back) and Bree-Anna Browne (leg).

Former skipper Michaela Leonard and Piper Duck some travel into nan starting battalion while Faliki Pohiva has flooded a hamstring wounded and will commencement successful nan beforehand row. Wallaroos centre Trilleen Pomare will notch her 40th Test cap, becoming nan 2nd subordinate to do truthful successful history, while skipper Emily Chancellor will scope her 30th milestone.

Preamble

Good evening and invited to unrecorded sum of nan women’s rugby world betwixt Australia and Wales astatine nan beautiful (but very soggy) North Sydney Oval.

This is nan 2nd conflict betwixt these sides aft Wales sewage nan chocolates successful crippled 1 past Saturday, upsetting nan Wallaroos 21-12 successful stormy Brisbane. That conflict was nan first ever betwixt these sides connected Australian ungraded and nan location broadside were expected to leader nan visitors arsenic they had done successful 7 wins crossed nan past 8 matches.

Since Australia’s 37-5 triumph past year, nan likelihood against Wales had lengthened moreover further. Indeed, nan visitors went into nan first Test pinch a caller coach, caller captain, 3 debutants and 7 players nether nan property of 21! Yet, aft leaking an early effort to Annabelle Cody, nan women successful reddish rallied, going to half-time starring 14-12 aft a Nel Metcalfe double. Post-oranges they quickly crossed nan stripe again done Hannah Jones, past bravely held nan Wallaroos scoreless for nan last 38 minutes of nan game.

The consequence was immense for Wales and a disaster for Australia. Jo Yapp’s broadside return a 2025 win-loss of 2-4 into this game. Encouraging victories complete nan Fijiana and USA successful May person since been undone by dense losses to New Zealand (twice) and Canada earlier past weekend’s boilover to a broadside classed 4 slots beneath them successful nan world rankings. Since nan Brisbane boilover Wales person risen from 10th to 9th and Australia person slumped from 6th to 8th.

So there’s plentifulness connected nan statement coming for some sides, peculiarly fixed this will beryllium nan past Test earlier nan Rugby World Cup successful England. Australia will denote their 32-player squad connected 11 August up of a first excavation lucifer against Samoa connected August 23. The Wallaroos past look nan USA successful York (Aug 31) earlier a monster lucifer pinch England astatine Brighton connected 7 September.

Kick disconnected coming is 7pm (or 10am BST) and I’ll beryllium backmost soon pinch nan squad lineups.