Wales Co-captains Return As Wales Target Fiji Win

Women's Rugby World Cup 2025: Wales v Fiji

Venue: Sandy Park, Exeter Date: Saturday, 6 September Kick-off: 14:45 BST

Coverage: Live connected BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport online and app, Radio Wales, Radio Cymru and BBC Sounds

Wales invited backmost co-captains Alex Callender and Kate Williams for their last lucifer of nan Rugby World Cup against Fiji.

Both sides are winless truthful acold successful nan tourney and are incapable to advancement pinch Canada and Scotland already confirmed arsenic nan Pool B quarter-finalists.

Head coach Sean Lynn has made 4 changes and 2 positional switches to nan starting line-up arsenic Wales look to salvage immoderate pridefulness aft dense defeats by Scotland and Canada.

Experienced hooker Carys Phillips returns to nan beforehand statement while Kayleigh Powell makes her first commencement of nan title astatine full-back.

Nel Metcalfe, who has been Wales' standout player, switches to nan helping successful spot of Jasmine Joyce-Butchers who drops to nan bench.

Georgia Evans moves to fastener pinch fresh again Callender and Williams returning to nan backmost row.

"As players, coaches and unit we are wished to decorativeness nan World Cup connected a high," said Lynn.

"Having Alex Callender and Kate Williams backmost is simply a existent boost for nan squad.

"We cognize this will beryllium our last crippled of nan tourney and we respect nan situation Fiji will airs america successful Exeter.

"We person shown successful glimpses what we are tin of, but we are good alert that we person to present a accordant capacity if we are going to get nan triumph we each want against nan Fijians.

"The players person been told to beryllium brave and to clasp nan situation and to make judge we time off this tourney pinch our heads held high."

Fiji are coached by Welshman Ioan Cunningham, who near his domiciled arsenic Wales caput coach past November amid a statement conflict betwixt players and nan Welsh Rugby Union.

Playing successful only their 2nd World Cup, Fiji impressed successful their 29-15 conclusion by Scotland past weekend, and are conscionable 3 places beneath Wales successful nan world rankings.

They will beryllium without vice-captain Bilita Tawake who has been handed a 3 lucifer prohibition for a vulnerable tackle past weekend.

Wales: Kayleigh Powell; Lisa Neumann, Carys Cox, Courtney Keight, Nel Metcalfe; Lleucu George, Keira Bevan; Maisie Davies, Carys Phillips, Sisilia Tuipulotu, Georgia Evans, Gwen Crabb, Kate Williams (co-capt), Bethan Lewis, Alex Callender (co-capt)

Replacements: Molly Reardon, Gwenllian Pyrs, Donna Rose, Abbie Fleming, Bryonie King, Seren Lockwood, Hannah Dallavalle, Jasmine Joyce-Butchers

Fiji: TBC

Replacements: TBC