Wales call-up five uncapped players for Euro qualifiers

Wales leader Rhian Wilkinson has named 5 uncapped players successful her squad for their last group games successful European Championship qualifying.

Wales will recreation to Croatia connected Friday, 12 July earlier concluding their group pinch nan sojourn of Kosovo connected Tuesday, 16 July astatine Parc y Scarlets.

Sunderland guardant Ellen Jones, 21, is called-up arsenic are a quartet of teenagers including Celtic’s Amy Richardson and Bristol City’s Tianna Teisar.

Also included for nan first clip are 16-year aged Cadi Rodgers and 17-year aged Mared Griffiths who play for nan Football Association of Wales' northbound academy.

"We've had injuries and we are continuing to make judge these camps springiness america a chance to spot our younger players," Wilkinson told BBC Sport Wales.

Wales are already guaranteed a play-off berth arsenic they bid to suffice for a first awesome finals and are chasing 2 wins to guarantee them apical spot successful their group and a seeded berth successful nan play-off semi finals successful nan tie connected Friday, 19 July.

After disappointing draws pinch Ukraine past month, Wales cognize they will apt request 2 victories to seal apical spot successful group B.

"We went into nan past campy wanting 2 wins, but it was nan campy we needed, absolutely, it was a reality check... large learnings for us," Wilkinson said.

"These are not games for experimenting now, we are clear connected what we request to beryllium doing successful these adjacent 2 games.

"The draws pinch Ukraine were not a immense setback, but I'm not going to dishonesty and opportunity they were not a fto down.

"Had we walked done our qualifying run we wouldn't person been arsenic fresh for nan play-offs.

"I deliberation emotion a small symptom location will thief us. We astir apt should person won astatine slightest 1 crippled against Ukraine, but we didn't."

Wales will beryllium without Josie Green, who suffered an wounded connected nan past Wales camp, pinch nan defender – presently unattached aft leaving Leicester City - joining Elise Hughes, Hannah Cain and Esther Morgan, who are recovering from semipermanent injuries.

Wales person included their most-capped player, Jess Fishlock, and her Seattle Reign team-mates Angharad James and Lily Woodham, but they will beryllium connected a abstracted training schedule up of nan Croatia match.

The trio person a nine crippled connected nan evening of Sunday, 7 July arsenic Reign look Utah Royals.

"We will person tons of conversations pinch those players and prioritise their remainder and recovery," Wilkinson added.

"It's a agelong formation to Croatia, but they are being led by 1 of nan champion ever successful Jess Fishlock.

"We can't dainty them for illustration nan different players. It's a immense magnitude of recreation and recovering from their game. They will miss immoderate training sessions to make judge they are fresh to go."

Wales: Clark, O’Sullivan, Middleton-Patel, Roberts, Estcourt, Ladd, Evans, Davies, Richardson, Rodgers, Teisar, Woodham, Powell, Ingle, A Griffiths, James, Joel, Jones, Morgan, Rowe, Fishlock, Holland, Jones, Barton, McAteer, M Griffiths