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Wales Online
5 days ago
- Sport
- Wales Online
Wales announce Rugby World Cup squad as impressive teenager selected
Wales announce Rugby World Cup squad as impressive teenager selected The squad has been described as a 'mix of experience and exciting young talent' Lynn has selected his squad for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup Wales head coach Sean Lynn has named his 32-player squad for the 2025 Women's Rugby World Cup, with their tournament opener against Scotland now less than two weeks away. Lynn, who oversaw a winless Six Nations run in his first campaign in charge earlier this year, is determined for Wales to bounce back at the tournament in England and has selected a strong squad led by co-captains Alex Callender and Kate Williams. Made up of 19 forwards and 13 backs, it features one uncapped player, with 18-year-old Branwen Metcalfe selected after impressing in the U20s Six Nations Summer Series. The Wales U20s captain is the younger sister of full back Nel Metcalfe, with the siblings one of two pairs of sisters, along with prop Gwenllian Pyrs and lock Alaw Pyrs, to be picked by Lynn. Sign up to Inside Welsh rugby on Substack to get exclusive news stories and insight from behind the scenes in Welsh rugby. Together with centre Kerin Lake, Metcalfe is the only other member of the squad outside of the 30 players who recorded a first Test match victory for Wales against the Wallaroos in Australia last month. Three players who made their Wales debuts in Australia - scrum-half Seren Lockwood, prop Katherine Baverstock and lock Tilly Vucaj - have been named in the squad, while 32-year-old hooker Carys Phillips has been selected for her fourth World Cup. However, scrum-half Sian Jones was not considered for selection due to a wrist injury, while the likes of Natalia John, Hannah Bluck, Jenny Hesketh and Robyn Wilkins have also missed out. Article continues below Announcing his squad on Monday, Lynn said: 'These are the 32 players who have earned the privilege and honour to represent Wales at what will be the biggest and best women's Rugby World Cup. 'The Wales squad selected is a mix of experience and exciting young talent that have all proved they deserve the opportunity to play on the biggest stage of a World Cup. 'We have hooker Carys Phillips, who will be playing at her fourth World Cup, and uncapped Branwen Metcalfe, who impressed us all with her performances for Wales U20s in the recent Six Nations tournament." He added: 'As coaches, there were some tough calls on selection but this is the strongest squad we could have selected and we are looking forward to the challenge ahead of us. 'For players, coaches and staff, this promises to be the pinnacle of all our careers and one that we are relishing. We know we are representing a proud rugby nation and we are determined to do the nation proud.' Wales begin their World Cup campaign against Scotland at the Salford Community Stadium on Saturday, August 23. They will return to the same ground to face Canada one week later, before taking on Fiji in their final pool game at Sandy Park in Exeter on September 6. Wales squad for Women's Rugby World Cup 2025 in full: Forwards: Katherine Baverstock (Leicester Tigers), Maisie Davies (Bristol Bears), Gwenllian Pyrs (Sale Sharks), Donna Rose (Saracens), Jenni Scoble (Gwalia Lightning), Sisilia Tuipulotu (Gloucester/Hartpury), Kelsey Jones (Gloucester/Hartpury), Carys Phillips (Harlequins), Molly Reardon (Gwalia Lightning), Alex Callender (co-captain, Harlequins), Gwen Crabb (Gloucester/Hartpury), Georgia Evans (Saracens), Abbie Fleming (Harlequins), Bryonie King (Gwalia Lightning), Bethan Lewis (Gloucester/Hartpury), Alaw Pyrs (Gloucester/Hartpury), Tilly Vucaj (Gwalia Lightning), Kate Williams (co-captain Gloucester/Hartpury), Branwen Metcalfe (Hartpury College) Backs: Article continues below Keira Bevan (Bristol Bears), Meg Davies (Gloucester/Hartpury), Seren Lockwood (Gloucester/Hartpury), Lleucu George (Gloucester/Hartpury), Kayleigh Powell (Harlequins), Carys Cox (Ealing Trailfinders), Hannah Dallavalle (Gloucester/Hartpury), Kerin Lake (Gwalia Lightning), Courtney Keight (Sale Sharks), Jasmine Joyce (Bristol Bears), Nel Metcalfe (Gloucester/Hartpury), Lisa Neumann (Harlequins), Catherine Richards (Gwalia Lightning) Wales fixtures for Women's Rugby World Cup 2025
BBC News
17-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Wales U20s end Summer Series with Italy loss
Wales Under-20s rounded off their Six Nations Summer Series with a narrow 24-28 defeat by Italy Under-20s in Ystrad Errichiello touched down midway through the opening half, with Lavinia Pratichetti converting as Italy led 7-0 at the Centre for Sporting Wales hit back with their first try through Molly Wakely on 25 minutes, with Savannah Picton-Powell's score and Hanna Marshall's conversion five minutes before the break putting the hosts 12-7 ahead at Italians restored their lead with a try from Chiara Cheli and a second conversion from Pratichetti shortly after the lead changed hands a further three times in quick succession as Cheli scored her second try of the contest in between tries from Seren Singleton and Chiara Pearce - Ffion Williams adding the extras for the Cheli completed her hat-trick in the 74th minute - with Pratichetti maintaining her 100% record of converting - as the Italians snatched a late ensured Liza Burgess' side ended their campaign with just one win from their trio of fixtures having lost 27-10 to Ireland in their opener before beating Scotland 52-20 in their second in the day, Ireland secured an emphatic 62-7 victory against Scotland, with England rounding off their campaign against France at 18:00 BST.
South Wales Argus
08-07-2025
- Sport
- South Wales Argus
McIntyre insists Scotland won't be underestimating Welsh threat
Scotland's Holly McIntyre is not underestimating the threat posed by Wales in their second fixture of the 2025 Six Nations Women's Summer Series as both sides go in search of a first win. The opening round of games at the Centre for Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly saw Scotland lose 31-17 to England in a closely fought physical encounter while Wales slipped to a 27-10 defeat to Ireland in a similarly bruising tussle. But Scotland battled bravely against the Auld Enemy, never letting their opponents run away from them, whilst scoring three tries in the process. Alongside Emily Norval and Poppy Mellanby, McIntyre was one of those to cross over on Saturday afternoon, finishing superbly after collecting Lucy MacRae's pinpoint cross-field kick, and the 22-year-old is expecting another tough match against the competition hosts. 39' Try - Scotland's patience is awarded with a try for Holly McIntyre right before the half.#AsOne #SixNationsSummerSeries — Scottish Rugby (@Scotlandteam) July 5, 2025 'We know that the Welsh pathways and all of their sides are really big on the contact area, so that's definitely something we've looked at,' the Ayr native said. 'We've spoken about that. We know where their threats are, and we know that they've got a couple of players coming in and out of their squads. 'We had a hit out against them last month in Edinburgh, so we feel like we know them pretty well. 'There have been a couple of good chats about areas that we feel we can go after and all the chat around that has been pretty positive.' Despite the result against England, McIntyre, who will be graduating from the University of Edinburgh next week after five years studying Interior Design, added the feeling amongst the squad has been upbeat this week. 'We've had our meetings over the week, and we are pretty happy with how the [England] game went,' she continued. 'We put on a good display of what we'd been up to in training, and we were really happy with our bravery in the contact areas and our physicality. 'As you can see, we definitely stressed them in areas and there's a positive mood in the group. 'And now, we're looking forward to getting into Wales this weekend.' Charlotte Russell also shared McIntyre's outlook heading into the Wales game and explained that self-belief will be an important factor. She added: 'We definitely need to take some confidence in our performance against England, especially with the forwards and at the set piece, we really surprised ourselves with those. 'Now, we just need to back ourselves.'
Powys County Times
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Powys County Times
McIntyre insists Scotland won't be underestimating Welsh threat
Scotland's Holly McIntyre is not underestimating the threat posed by Wales in their second fixture of the 2025 Six Nations Women's Summer Series as both sides go in search of a first win. The opening round of games at the Centre for Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly saw Scotland lose 31-17 to England in a closely fought physical encounter while Wales slipped to a 27-10 defeat to Ireland in a similarly bruising tussle. But Scotland battled bravely against the Auld Enemy, never letting their opponents run away from them, whilst scoring three tries in the process. Alongside Emily Norval and Poppy Mellanby, McIntyre was one of those to cross over on Saturday afternoon, finishing superbly after collecting Lucy MacRae's pinpoint cross-field kick, and the 22-year-old is expecting another tough match against the competition hosts. 39' Try - Scotland's patience is awarded with a try for Holly McIntyre right before the half. #AsOne #SixNationsSummerSeries — Scottish Rugby (@Scotlandteam) July 5, 2025 'We know that the Welsh pathways and all of their sides are really big on the contact area, so that's definitely something we've looked at,' the Ayr native said. 'We've spoken about that. We know where their threats are, and we know that they've got a couple of players coming in and out of their squads. 'We had a hit out against them last month in Edinburgh, so we feel like we know them pretty well. 'There have been a couple of good chats about areas that we feel we can go after and all the chat around that has been pretty positive.' Despite the result against England, McIntyre, who will be graduating from the University of Edinburgh next week after five years studying Interior Design, added the feeling amongst the squad has been upbeat this week. 'We've had our meetings over the week, and we are pretty happy with how the [England] game went,' she continued. 'We put on a good display of what we'd been up to in training, and we were really happy with our bravery in the contact areas and our physicality. 'As you can see, we definitely stressed them in areas and there's a positive mood in the group. 'And now, we're looking forward to getting into Wales this weekend.' Charlotte Russell also shared McIntyre's outlook heading into the Wales game and explained that self-belief will be an important factor. She added: 'We definitely need to take some confidence in our performance against England, especially with the forwards and at the set piece, we really surprised ourselves with those. 'Now, we just need to back ourselves.'
The Herald Scotland
08-07-2025
- Sport
- The Herald Scotland
McIntyre insists Scotland won't be underestimating Welsh threat
Scotland's Holly McIntyre is not underestimating the threat posed by Wales in their second fixture of the 2025 Six Nations Women's Summer Series as both sides go in search of a first win. The opening round of games at the Centre for Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach, Caerphilly saw Scotland lose 31-17 to England in a closely fought physical encounter while Wales slipped to a 27-10 defeat to Ireland in a similarly bruising tussle. But Scotland battled bravely against the Auld Enemy, never letting their opponents run away from them, whilst scoring three tries in the process. Alongside Emily Norval and Poppy Mellanby, McIntyre was one of those to cross over on Saturday afternoon, finishing superbly after collecting Lucy MacRae's pinpoint cross-field kick, and the 22-year-old is expecting another tough match against the competition hosts. 39' Try - Scotland's patience is awarded with a try for Holly McIntyre right before the half.#AsOne #SixNationsSummerSeries — Scottish Rugby (@Scotlandteam) July 5, 2025 'We know that the Welsh pathways and all of their sides are really big on the contact area, so that's definitely something we've looked at,' the Ayr native said. 'We've spoken about that. We know where their threats are, and we know that they've got a couple of players coming in and out of their squads. 'We had a hit out against them last month in Edinburgh, so we feel like we know them pretty well. 'There have been a couple of good chats about areas that we feel we can go after and all the chat around that has been pretty positive.' Despite the result against England, McIntyre, who will be graduating from the University of Edinburgh next week after five years studying Interior Design, added the feeling amongst the squad has been upbeat this week. 'We've had our meetings over the week, and we are pretty happy with how the [England] game went,' she continued. 'We put on a good display of what we'd been up to in training, and we were really happy with our bravery in the contact areas and our physicality. 'As you can see, we definitely stressed them in areas and there's a positive mood in the group. 'And now, we're looking forward to getting into Wales this weekend.' Charlotte Russell also shared McIntyre's outlook heading into the Wales game and explained that self-belief will be an important factor. She added: 'We definitely need to take some confidence in our performance against England, especially with the forwards and at the set piece, we really surprised ourselves with those. 'Now, we just need to back ourselves.'
