Wales Women’s U20’s head coach, Liza Burgess has named a squad of 30 players for the Women’s U20’s Six Nations Summer Series. The tournament which will take place over three match days at the Centre of Sporting Excellence in Ystrad Mynach – Saturday, July 5th; Friday, July 11th; and Thursday, July 17th will feature U20 squads from all six Six Nations unions (England, France, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, and Wales), with each team allowed to include up to five under-23 players per matchday squad.
Burgess has chosen Branwen Metcalfe as her captain for the first time and the head coach is relishing the challenge that lies ahead for her developing squad: “The fact that we’re hosting the event is really exciting for us,” she said.
“Over this last few weeks of training the girls have progressed really well and benefitted from training against both Scotland and England over consecutive weekends. We’ll be playing Scotland in our second game of the tournament and Ireland and Italy are our other two opponents.
“We’re now in our fourth year of the player pathway development programme and we’re currently in a position where we’ve got a real depth of talent within the squad. The girls have been training really well and we’re setting our expectations high.”
On Metcalfe’s appointment as captain, Burgess said: “She has shown exceptional leadership qualities both on and off the field; she is a physical and skilful rugby player and is held in high esteem by players and staff.
“It’s fantastic that the games will be at Ystrad Mynach. The girls are incredibly excited about playing in front of our home crowd – so I really hope that the Welsh public get behind the team.”
Backs (15)
Sian Jones (Gwalia Lightning / Gloucester-Hartpury)
Seren Singleton (Brython Thunder / Cardiff Met / PDC West)
Katie Bevans (Gwalia Lightning / Cardiff Met / PDC East)
Carys Hughes (Gwalia Lightning / Hartpury University / PDC East)
Ffion Williams (Hartpury College / PDC North)
Hanna Marshall (Brython Thunder / Hartpury University / PDC West)
Hanna Tudor (Ysgol Brynhyfryd / PDC North)
Freya Bell (Gwalia Lightning / Cardiff Met / PDC East)
Isla McMullen (Coleg Gwent / PDC East)
Savannah Picton-Powell (Brython Thunder / Cardiff Met / PDC East)
Hannah Lane (Brython Thunder / Cardiff Met / PDC North )
Ffion Davies (Brython Thunder / Cardiff University / PDC West)
Mollie Wilkinson (Brython Thunder / Bristol Bears)
Nia Fajeyisan (Gwalia Lightning / Leicester University / PDC East)
Gabby Healan (Brython Thunder / Cardiff Met / PDC East)
Forwards (15)
Stella Orrin (Brython Thunder / Bristol University / PDC West)
Dali Hopkins (Gwalia Lightning / Cheltenham Tigers)
Megan Lewis (Brython Thunder / Hartpury University)
Elan Jones (Brython Thunder / Cardiff Met / PDC North)
Evie Hill (Coleg Gwent / PDC East)
Rosie Carr (Brython Thunder / Bristol Bears)
Molly Wakely (Gwalia Lightning / PDC East)
Robyn Davies (Brython Thunder / Cardiff Met / PDC West)
Branwen Metcalfe – Captain (Hartpury College / PDC North)
Chiara Pearce (Coleg Gwent / PDC East)
Catrin Stewart (Gwalia Lightning / Cardiff Met / PDC North)
Lily Terry (Gwalia Lightning / Hartpury University)
Lottie Buffery-Latham (Gwalia Lightning / Loughborough University)
Jorja Aiono (Hartpury College / PDC West)
Gwennan Hopkins (Gwalia Lightning / Gloucester-Hartpury).
Six Nations Summer Series at Ystrad Mynach
5/7/25 – Wales v Ireland – 3.30pm
11/7/2025 – Wales v Scotland – 6.00pm
17/7/25 – Wales v Italy – 3.30pm
All matches will be streamed live on the WRU You Tube platform:
https://www.youtube.com/@WRUOfficial/streams
Entry is free to all games in the 2025 6N Summer Series.