Olympians Jasmine Joyce and Kayleigh Powell have been included in the Wales squad for WXV 2 in South Africa.
Kerin Lake will win her 50th Test cap when Wales take on Spain in their WXV play-off at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday.
The Welsh have lost all four matches so far in this year’s championship and they are set to finish last as they trail fifth-place Ireland by five points on the table and have an inferior points difference of 45.
The Welsh were beaten 10-46 by England at Bristol in their last outing and the response has been to alter two backs and two forwards.
John Mitchell’s Red Roses racked up almost 50 points to beat Wales 46-10 in Bristol in the second round of the Women’s Six Nations.
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).
Ten minutes of ill discipline at the opening of the second half could have spelled the end for Australia, but instead it lit a fire under the Wallaroos who closed out their WXV 1 campaign with a ferocious rolling maul defence and a 25-19 win.
The six teams have been named ahead of the first round of WXV 1 in Wellington. All matches will be played at Sky Stadium, kicking off with England vs Australia on Friday 20th October. On Saturday 21st October Canada will face Wales before home side New Zealand take on France in a RWC2021 semi-final rematch.
Both Wales and Scotland recorded wins over the USA and Spain respectively ahead of the inaugural WXV competition which starts on 13th October.
By her own admission, Emily Tuttosi has had little time to ruminate on the heartache of a second successive Premier 15s final defeat. Her mind might be focused on the challenge of Test rugby in the Pacific Four Series this weekend, and the prospect of playing New Zealand in front of a record crowd in Ottawa, but that does not mean back-to-back final defeats have not left a mark.