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

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Australia lineup

Wallaroos XV: 1 Lydia Kavoa, 2 Katalina Amosa, 3 Bridie O’Gorman, 4 Kaitlan Leaney, 5 Annabelle Codey, 6 Emily Chancellor (C), 7 Ashley Marsters, 8 Tabua Tuinakauvadra, 9 Layne Morgan, 10 Tia Hinds, 11 Desiree Miller, 12 Trilleen Pomare, 13 Georgina Friedrichs, 14 Waiaria Ellis, 15 Caitlyn Halse.

Replacements: 16 Tania Naden, 17 Bree-Anna Browne, 18 Eva Karpani, 19 Ashley Fernandez, 20 Piper Duck, 21 Samantha Wood, 22 Cecilia Smith, 23 Lori Cramer.

Preamble

Hello and welcome to unrecorded sum of the women’s rugby world betwixt Australia and Wales at Ballymore Stadium successful Brisbane. The Wallaroos and Wales meet for nan first clip connected Australian ungraded pinch some sides retired to build momentum up of nan Women’s Rugby World Cup successful England adjacent month.

The Wallaroos are besides searching for winning shape arsenic they proceed to find it reliable to break done nan solid ceiling and situation nan starring World Cup contenders. But they person a beardown grounds complete today’s opponents – nan world No 10 – pinch 7 wins successful their past 8 matches including a 37-5 thumping past year. Emily Chancellor will skipper nan Wallaroos for nan first time, while seasoned Ash Marsters becomes nan first female to scope 40 caps for Australia.

Wales are besides looking to turnaround a tally of mediocre results aft failing to find a triumph and finishing bottommost successful nan Six Nations. Prop Sisi Tuipulotu’s return will springiness nan visitors a immense boost arsenic they look to emulate their triumph complete Australia past twelvemonth alternatively than nan crushing conclusion to nan aforesaid that followed conscionable a week later connected neutral crushed successful South Africa.

This is nan first limb of a rugby double-header feast pinch a definite touring broadside taking connected nan Wallabies successful Melbourne later today, while nan Wallaroos and Wales will besides meet again adjacent week successful Sydney. The forecast successful Brisbane is for bedewed and chaotic conditions surely cleanable for an entertaining clash.

Kick-off is astatine 2pm local, aliases 5am for those pursuing on connected BST. I’ll beryllium backmost soon pinch nan line-up. In nan meantime, get successful touch pinch immoderate questions, thoughts and predictions. You tin shoot maine an email, aliases find maine connected X @martinpegan and Bluesky @martinpegan.bsky.social. Let’s get into it!