Wales v Ireland: Score and latest Women's Six Nations updates
2:30PM
Wales' results and fixtures
Scotland 24-21 Wales
Wales 12-67 England
France 42-12 Wales
Wales vs Ireland (today)
Italy vs Wales (next weekend)
2:26PM
Visitors arriving
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— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) April 20, 2025
2:20PM
Inside the home dressing room
📸 𝘽𝙧𝙤𝙣 𝙮𝙣 𝙖𝙢𝙨𝙚𝙧 🏴
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2:15PM
Table as it stands
England- 20 points (4 games)
France- 19 points (4 games)
Ireland- 5 points (3 games)
Italy- 5 points (4 games)
Scotland- 4 points (4 games)
Wales- 1 point (3 games)
2:10PM
This weekend's fixtures
Yesterday:
Italy 21-34 France
England 59-7 Scotland
Today:
Wales vs Ireland
2:04PM
Teams
Wales starting XV: Jasmine Joyce; Lisa Neumann, Hannah Jones (capt), Courtney Keight, Carys Cox; Lleucu George, Keira Bevan; Gwenllian Pyrs, Kelsey Jones, Jenni Scoble, Abbie Fleming, Georgia Evans, Kate Williams, Bethan Lewis, Alex Callender.
Replacements: Carys Phillips, Maisie Davies, Donna Rose, Natalia John, Alaw Pyrs, Sian Jones, Hannah Bluck, Catherine Richards.
Ireland starting XV: Stacey Flood; Anna McGann, Aoife Dalton, Enya Breen, Amee-Leigh; Dannah O'Brien, Molly Scuffil-McCabe; Siobhán McCarthy, Neve Jones, Linda Djougang, Ruth Campbell, Dorothy Wall, Brittany Hogan, Edel McMahon (capt), Aoife Wafer.
Replacements: Cliodhna Moloney, Sadhbh McGrath, Christy Haney, Fiona Tuite, Claire Boles, Emily Lane, Eve Higgins, Vicky Elmes Kinlan.
1:57PM
Match preview
Wales welcome Ireland to Rodney Parade in Newport in the hope of securing their first win in this year's Six Nations. For the hosts it has been three straight defeats and just one bonus point from their opening three games, which leaves them bottom of the table. They lost narrowly at Scotland on the opening weekend but have fallen to heavy back-to-back defeats against the two best sides; England and France. If they were to finish bottom of the table, it would be consecutive wooden spoons for Wales, who are currently 10 th in the world rankings. Their head coach Sean Lynn, who has recently taken over the Welsh side after leading Gloucester-Hartpury to three Women's Premiership titles, has spoken about the challenges of facing this Irish side.
'One thing which Ireland will bring is that energy and work rate, but we can bring that too. That is something that I am asking these players, 'let's match their energy, let's match their work rate and physicality' and then it could be a tight game. I definitely have [seen improvements]. The big thing for me is collision dominance, attack and defence, and getting better at it. Second half against France, we are making line-breaks, but to be in this championship and be a better team we have to be capitalising on these line-breaks.'
Meanwhile Ireland, who are currently the fifth best side in the world, have one win from their first three games to leave them in third place. They lost at home to France in their opener but then responded with a dominant win in Italy. They did lose at home to England last time out. Ireland head coach Scott Bemand wants to see his side back up their away win at Italy earlier in the competition with another win on the road today.
'I live fairly close and grew up next to Wales and I understand what it is like to play in Wales. It is an unbelievable experience. They are passionate about their rugby. We have said we want to go after winning games away from home because that is going to be a massive part of a World Cup.
'Backing the Italy piece up this week and taking the green wave over there is going to be a massive for us. Playing away from home you have got the noise, the atmosphere, the occasion and we have got to learn to deal with it and get excited by it. We are still a young group, I have seen nothing in the eyes but good energy to get over there and get the job done, but we know it is not going to be easy, it is going to come with challenges and we are fully ready for that.'
Last year Ireland won 36-5 in Cork but when these sides met in Cardiff in 2023, Wales won 31-5, which means each side have three wins apiece in the last six meetings. Ireland have won ten of their last 13 Six Nations matches against Wales.
Kick-off from Rodney Parade is at 3pm.
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