Wales aim to do the double over Australia at WXV2

WXV2: Australia v Wales

Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town Date: Saturday, 28 September Kick-off: 11:30 BST

Coverage: Watch unrecorded connected BBC iPlayer, nan BBC Sport website & app, commentary connected Radio Wales Extra & Radio Cymru positive unrecorded matter connected BBC Sport website & app.

Wales and nan Wallaroos will spell caput to caput for nan 2nd clip successful conscionable 8 days arsenic WXV2 kicks-off successful South Africa this weekend.

Both sides person slipped down to nan 2nd tier of nan title aft mediocre runs of shape successful nan Women’s Six Nations and Pacific Four Series respectively.

And some will beryllium looking to usage this title arsenic a kick-start for adjacent year’s Rugby World Cup successful England.

Australia are presently classed sixth successful nan world, while Wales person moved up to ninth.

Wales came retired connected apical successful past Friday’s friends astatine Rodney Parade, scoring successful nan past play of nan crippled to gain a first ever triumph complete nan Wallaroos astatine nan seventh clip of asking.

But they cognize each excessively good that their historical 31-24 victory will count for small if they cannot backmost it up successful a Test match, and wherever amended than nan DHL Stadium, location of nan Stormers.

Wales' squad news has been dominated by nan absence of 1 of their prima players.

Prop Sisilia Tuipulotu is yet to alert retired to Cape Town owed to delays successful her visa.

Her beingness beingness will nary uncertainty beryllium missed arsenic Donna Rose alternatively starts astatine tight-head.

Carys Phillips, Alisha Butchers-Joyce and Natalia John bring a wealthiness of acquisition to nan pack, while Keira Bevan retains nan captaincy aft her player-of-the-match show past week.

Hannah Jones is still nursing a calf strain and is named among nan replacements on pinch Alex Callender, who has recovered from concussion.

Australia person made only 1 alteration to their starting 15 and that comes astatine fly-half pinch Arabella McKenzie preferred to Faitala Moleka.

Cecilia Smith’s inclusion connected nan chair is nan only different change.

Wales caput coach Ioan Cunningham: “It was a awesome emotion to get a triumph [at Rodney Parade], but besides supply a small spot of assurance successful nan group and belief to repetition that this weekend.

“It will beryllium a different challenge, we person each had to set to travelling and arriving successful nan state beautiful quickly.

“We’re excited by it and evidently it was nan first clip we’ve beaten Australia arsenic a squad and hopefully we tin do it again this Saturday.

“It’s immense to commencement good to group america up for nan remainder of nan tournament.

“Every constituent will count, particularly towards nan second stages.”

Australia caput coach Jo Yapp: “We’re expecting different adjacent lucifer pinch Wales connected Saturday to commencement our run and are assured if we tin tidy up our subject nan results will follow.

“Teams for illustration Wales, Scotland and Ireland person been full-time for 2 aliases 3 seasons and our girls are not full-time.

“We’re successful that modulation of going towards that, but we person to recognise that we’ve sewage a small spot of a spread location which we’re trying to bridge.

"I deliberation this is an opportunity to get depth, for america to build and to emulate what it’s for illustration for nan World Cup.

“But we’ve decidedly shown loads of improvement, we conscionable request to get crossed nan statement pinch immoderate of nan results.”

Australia: Caitlyn Halse; Maya Stewart, Georgina Friedrichs, Trilleen Pomare, Desiree Miller; Arabella McKenzie, Layne Morgan; Tabua Tuinakauvadra, Ashley Marsters, Siokapesi Palu, Michaela Leonard (capt), Kaitlan Leaney, Eva Karpani, Tania Naden, Bridie O'Gorman.

Replacements: Tiarna Molloy, Lydia Kavoa, Alapeta Ngauamo, Atasi Lafai, Lucy Dinnen, Natalie Wright, Cecilia Smith, Faitala Moleka.

Wales: Jenny Hesketh; Jasmine Joyce, Carys Cox, Kerin Lake, Nel Metcalfe; Lleucu George, Keira Bevan (capt); Gwenllian Pyrs, Carys Phillips, Donna Rose, Natalia John, Georgia Evans, Alisha Butchers-Joyce, Kate Williams, Bethan Lewis.

Replacements: Molly Reardon, Abbey Constable, Jenni Scoble, Abbie Fleming, Alex Callender, Sian Jones, Kayleigh Powell, Hannah Jones.

Referee: Clara Munarini (FIR)

Assistant referees: Zoe Naude (SARU) & Host Union

TMO: Aaron Paterson (NZR)