Wales Bolster Pack To Face Italy In 6n Finale

Women's Six Nations: Italy v Wales

Venue: Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi Date: Sunday, 27 April Kick-off: 11:30 BST

Coverage: Watch connected BBC One Wales, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport online, perceive connected BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru

Wales person made 3 changes to their battalion for nan last Six Nations lucifer against Italy successful Parma.

Prop Donna Rose is handed her first commencement of nan run having deputised connected nan chair for rookie Jenni Scoble.

Gwen Crabb, a try-scorer successful France, is recalled to nan second-row having been rested against Ireland.

Her return sees Georgia Evans revert to number 8 successful spot of Alex Callender, who is among nan replacements aft returning from wounded past week.

Head coach Sean Lynn admitted nan changes were a consequence to past Sunday's one-sided 40-14 conclusion by Ireland successful Newport.

"Ireland's battalion really took america astatine set-piece truthful we request to reside that," he said.

"Gwen is simply a very bully set-piece controller successful nan lineout and I'm hoping Alex will bring power and composure disconnected nan chair erstwhile we request it."

Wales' caput coach has warned his players they must respond to their tally of 4 losses aliases consequence being trim from his World Cup plans.

Kayleigh Powell has been ruled retired pinch a hamstring rumor truthful Lleucu George retains nan number 10 jersey successful an unchanged Wales' backline that includes helping Carys Cox and full-back Jasmine Joyce-Butchers, some successful nan apical six players for metres made successful nan championship.

Wales person scored doubly arsenic galore points arsenic astatine nan aforesaid constituent successful past year's Six Nations but Lynn is demanding more.

"I'm assured that we're creating chances, nevertheless we request to commencement finishing disconnected those opportunities," he said.

"I've told nan players to beryllium brave successful onslaught but I'm besides challenging this backline to decorativeness things disconnected to beryllium capable to enactment connected top."

Five of nan past six games betwixt Wales and Italy person been decided by 4 points aliases less, including past year's last-gasp 22-20 Welsh triumph successful Cardiff.

Italy are chasing a 2nd triumph of nan tourney having beaten Scotland successful Edinburgh and pushed Grand Slam chasing France 34-21 past week.

Lynn believes location could beryllium a highly-charged ambiance astatine Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi for a fixture that has been rearranged owed to nan ceremonial of Pope Francis successful Rome connected Saturday.

"I'm judge location will beryllium a batch of emotion astir nan crippled for Italy fixed what happened and I'm judge they'll besides beryllium targeting this location crippled arsenic a large chance to win," he said.

"Their driving maul put France nether a batch of unit past week and their backmost 3 are very exciting. So we request to beryllium disciplined and defensively organised."

Wales: Jasmine Joyce-Butchers; Lisa Neumann, Hannah Jones (capt), Courtney Keight, Carys Cox; Lleucu George, Keira Bevan; Gwenllian Pyrs, Kelsey Jones, Donna Rose, Abbie Fleming, Gwen Crabb, Kate Williams, Bethan Lewis, Georgia Evans.

Replacements: Carys Phillips, Maisie Davies, Jenni Scoble, Natalia John, Alex Callender, Sian Jones, Hannah Bluck, Catherine Richards.

Italy: TBC

Referee: Sara Cox (England).

Assistant referees: Maria Latos (Germany) & Alexandra Ferré (France)

TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)