Wales internationals Alisha Joyce and Jasmine Joyce will return home to play their club rugby in Wales next season.
The Wales duo have been released from their club contract and will leave Bristol Bears at the end of the 2025/26 PWR season.
The couple, who married in 2023, have a son Ralphie and are based in West Wales and travelled to play their club rugby in Bristol.
Alisha returned to rugby with Brython Thunder in the Celtic Challenge only 123 days after giving birth to her son.
She then returned to the Test match arena with Wales as a replacement in in the recent 2026 W6N clash against England 158 days after her son was born.
Alisha won her 56th cap for country against Italy and has scored seven tries for Wales.
The couple have played for the Bears since 2020, and the club’s final game of the season was against Gloucester-Hartpury.
Winger Jaz is the only rugby player to have represented GB in three separate Olympic Games in Rio, Tokyo and Paris. Jaz has won 57 Wales caps and scored 11 tries for her country.
Both made their debuts for Brython Thunder in the recent Celtic Challenge campaign and were part of the side to reach the play-off semi-finals.
Alisha Joyce, Wales flanker, said: “This has not been an easy decision but one we have made for family reasons with the arrival of Ralphie.
“The travel to and from Bristol to train and play is not ideal when you have a young family and we know we need the support network provided by our families and friends to bring up Ralphie.
“Our lives have changed out of recognition since his arrival, but we are still committed to our careers as rugby professionals. We know this will provide us with certainty and support to do that.
“We are grateful to Bristol, which has been like a second home to both of us, for their understanding and we leave with some fantastic memories.
Jasmine Joyce, Wales wing, said: “This was a big decision and one we haven’t taken lightly but it’s the right one for us as a family.
“Our son Ralphie is at the centre of our decision-making now and we want the best for him while maintaining our rugby careers as professional athletes.
“We are both still very ambitious and feel we have things to prove at club and Test level with Wales.
“Both of us have always wanted to play a high standard of club rugby in Wales but we have never had that opportunity until now.”
Sean Lynn, Wales Head coach, said: “We have made no secret of our ambition to see our Welsh internationals return home and play rugby in Wales.
“The fact that Alisha and Jaz have taken this decision after playing in the Celtic Challenge shows they have faith that we can provide them with the platform to further their club and Test careers.
“To have their experience of the PWR and Test rugby rub off on the younger players emerging through our pathway is going to be a real benefit to everyone.”
Dave Reddin, WRU Director of Rugby and Elite Performance, said: “This is a sign of the steps that Welsh rugby has made that two experienced Welsh rugby internationals feel comfortable in returning home to play club rugby here.
“It won’t be lost on anyone that this is something they could not have done before and demonstrates the investment made by the Welsh Rugby Union in providing high quality cross-border rugby in Wales.”