WXV 2 2024 moves inland this weekend as the action shifts to Athlone Sports Stadium and the race for the title intensifies. Get all the team news here.
Olympians Jasmine Joyce and Kayleigh Powell have been included in the Wales squad for WXV 2 in South Africa.
If the senior men’s and u20s championships were anything to go by, we’re in for a scintillating ride - so clear your weekends, pick a toe-curlingly awful fantasy team name, and make sure you’re on your sofa by Saturday tea time - because Wales versus Scotland, kicking off in Cardiff at quarter to five, is the pick of the bunch for round one - and here’s why.
This year’s Six Nations campaign will see Wales women play their first-ever standalone fixture at the Principality Stadium when they face Italy on the final weekend (27th April).
Welcome back from that brief intermission. We hope you did something fun - like watching a supercut of Alisha Butchers highlights, reading a chapter or two of Rikki Swannell’s Sevens Sisters, or trawling Ellie Kildunne’s @elliekfilms Instagram - where she’s currently sharing wonderful little moments in time from within the Red Roses camp.
2021 was the year Bristol Bears Women got serious: when they grew fangs and sharpened their claws. I spent an afternoon at the club’s High Performance Centre in Abbots Leigh, and was blown away by the facilities and environment carefully constructed to promote excellence.
Wales Women's Head coach Ioan Cunningham has named his senior squad for the upcoming TikTok Six Nations.