Watch on iPlayer and follow live text as Wales Women play their final WXV warm-up game against Australia Women in Newport.
It's a great opportunity for us to play in Gwent, players who've come through the Gwent system like Sisilia Tuipulotu coming home. It's a fantastic occasion and I'm really looking forward to it.
“Ideally, we do want a bit of confidence going into WXV and if we can win elements of the game, like set-piece, get dominance there, that will give us massive confidence playing them in South Africa a week later. Yes you want your basics to go well and set-piece to go strong but you definitely don't show all your cards tonight.It will be interesting to see who takes the responsibility when Hannah Jones is back in the side.
Wales had a training session this week against New Zealand who are preparing to face England tomorrow. "Australia approach the game in a similar manner and we had a close game with them the last time the two sides met out in New Zealand. But Wales could not hold on and the power of the Australia bench proved the difference in the end as they hit back with three tries.
Bryonie King comes into the back row, with Nel Metcalfe on the wing. Hannah Bluck had been set to start at centre but was withdrawn an hour before kick-off with a thigh injury, meaning Kerin Lake continues in the 12 shirt.Jenny Hesketh; Jasmine Joyce, Carys Cox, Kerin Lake, Nel Metcalfe; Lleucu George, Keira Bevan ; Gwenllian Pyrs, Rosie Carr, Sisilia Tuipulotu, Abbie Fleming, Georgia Evans, Bryonie King, Kate Williams, Bethan Lewis.
Since the high of the 2023 Women's Six Nations, Wales have only won three out of 11 games, while the Wallaroos have only tasted victory once in Yapp's first six matches in charge.Scrum-half Keira Bevan once again leads Wales in Hannah Jones’ absence, with Rosie Carr making her first international start at hooker.
Yapp brings in full-back Caitlyn Halse for Australia on what will be her 18th birthday, while Trilleen Pomare gets the nod at centre and Layne Morgan at scrum-half.
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