Wales Women name side for England showdown
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Wales Women’s senior team head coach Ioan Cunningham has selected his side for the Round 3 fixture in the Six Nations against England at Cardiff Arms Park, on Saturday, April 15th (KO: 2.15pm).
Centre Hannah Jones will captain the side in front of record sell-out crowd of more than 8,000 in the Welsh capital for the visit of England’s Red Roses.
Lowri Norkett comes in on the wing to replace Carys Wiliams-Morris, who is away playing for the RAF in the Inter Services rugby championship while Hannah Bluck replaces centre Kerin Lake in the midfield in one of two changes to the side that beat Scotland 34-22 in Edinburgh.
Lake has suffered an ankle injury and is being assessed.
Uncapped backrower Bryonie King comes in on the bench, which sees a six-two split, and she looks set to become Wales’ second new cap during the 2023 tournament.
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15 Courtney Keight (Bristol Bears)
14 Lisa Neumann (Gloucester Hartpury)
13 Hannah Jones (captain, Gloucester Hartpury)
12 Hannah Bluck (Worcester Warriors)
11 Lowri Norkett (Worcester Warriors)
10 Elinor Snowsill (Bristol Bears)
9 Keira Bevan (Bristol Bears);
1 Gwenllian Pyrs (Bristol Bears)
2 Kelsey Jones (Gloucester Hartpury)
3 Sisilia Tuipulotu (Gloucester Hartpury)
4 Abbie Fleming (Exeter Chiefs)
5 Georgia Evans (Saracens)
6 Bethan Lewis (Gloucester Hartpury)
7 Alex Callender (Worcester Warriors)
8 Sioned Harries (Worcester Warriors)
Replacements
16 Carys Phillips (Worcester Warriors)
17 Cara Hope (Gloucester Hartpury)
18 Cerys Hale (Gloucester Hartpury)
19 Natalia John (Worcester Warriors)
20 Kate Williams (Gloucester Hartpury)
21 Bryonie King (Bristol Bears) Uncapped
22 Ffion Lewis (Worcester Warriors)
23 Robyn Wilkins (Exeter Chiefs)