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Sisilia Tuipulotu has joined up with Wales in South Africa after her visa points, taking her space on the bench for Wales ladies’s second WXV2 fixture against Italy on Friday.
The prop had been unable to wander to Cape Town with her crew-mates final week, being left behind to kind out problems with her visa.
That supposed she turned into once unavailable for the heavy 37-5 defeat against Australia on Saturday, with coach Ioan Cunningham saying the distress turned into once “not ideal”.
The distinguished prop joined up with the squad on Sunday and has been thrust straight into the matchday squad for their second sport.
Captain Hannah Jones moreover returns, having been compelled to drag out of the Australia sport. She had initially been named on the bench to face the Wallaroos, but a calf injury ruled her out dull on.
She now starts in midfield, with Carys Cox moving to the wing and Jasmine Joyce switching to elephantine-reduction. There don’t seem to be any adjustments in the pack.
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Wales have gained their final two meetings with the Azzurre, including a discontinuance contest on the Principality Stadium in what turned into once their handiest win in this year’s Ladies folk’s Six Nations.
All aspects are looking to leap reduction from defeat, after Italy lost 19-0 to defending WXV2 champions Scotland in their opening fixure.
“We have reviewed the performance against Australia and know the areas we need to tighten up on against Italy,” talked about Cunningham. “We created opportunities against the Wallaroos and need to be more clinical and turn those chances into points.
“That is a temporary turnaround, and we have needed to deal with disruptions and withdrawals, but we are focussed on producing a efficiency against Italy.
“We have emphasised the physical intensity we need to bring to every performance for the whole 80 minutes and how important that is when you wear the red jersey.
“Italy will be hurting after their defeat to Scotland, delight in we are after the opening sport against Australia, and both teams will feel they’ve a point to expose on Friday afternoon.
“We have won our last two games against Italy in the Six Nations, but this is a different tournament and WXV2 is proving a real competitive benchmark for all the teams.
“We welcome Hannah Jones reduction as captain and she is desperate to play after having to scramble looking from the stands. Sisilia is now with us and chosen on the bench and we know she’s going to are looking to originate an affect after missing her first sport for her nation.”
Wales: Jasmine Joyce; Carys Cox, Hannah Jones (captain), Kerin Lake, Nel Metcalfe; Lleucu George, Keira Bevan; Gwenllian Pyrs, Carys Phillips, Donna Rose, Natalia John, Georgia Evans, Alisha Butchers, Alex Callender, Bethan Lewis.
Replacements: Molly Reardon, Maisie Davies, Sisilia Tuipulotu, Alaw Pyrs, Kate Williams, Sian Jones, Kayleigh Powell, Courtney Keight.
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