Wales boss Ioan Cunningham has made eight personnel changes and two positional switches to the starting line-up to face Italy in the Women's Six Nations finale this Saturday (12pm kick-off). If the hosts can claim a bonus point, they will finish third to secure their best Championship finish since 2009.
The women in red kick off the Super Saturday action at Cardiff Arms Park, which will be followed by a title decider between France and reigning champions England at 2.15pm before Ireland host Scotland at 8pm. Wales are bidding to finish third in the table, which would mark a significant improvement from sixth last year - a result which prompted the introduction of 12 full-time and 12 part-time Welsh Rugby Union contracts in January.
Hooker Kelsey Jones, loose-head prop Cara Hope and full-back Niamh Terry, who came off the bench against France last time out, have all been handed their first starts of the campaign. Donna Rose returns at tight-head, while Alex Callender and Sioned Harries return to the back-row, alongside Alisha Butchers, with captain Siwan Lillicrap shifting from No. 8 to the second-row to partner Gwen Crabb. Behind the scrum, Ffion Lewis starts at scrum-half and Kerin Lake returns to inside centre to resume her partnership with Hannah Jones and Robyn Wilkins shifts from centre to fly-half to renew the half-back combination which started against England.
