Wales vs Italy

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GUINNESS SIX NATIONS 2024 | WALES V ITALY | CYMRU V YR EIDAL
The men’s Guinness Six
Nations may be coming to
an end today but there is still
plenty of international rugby
action to look forward to.
Next weekend it will be the
turn of the women to take
centre stage as their kick-off
their own Championship.
Hannah Jones’ side will mirror
the fixtures of their male
counterparts by kicking-off
at home against Scotland at
Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday.
They then travel to Bristol’s
Ashton Gate to meet England
before flying to Cork to meet
Ireland. Their final two games
are back in the Welsh capital,
with France coming to the
Arms Park on Sunday, 21
April and Italy arriving on
Saturday, 27 April for a game
at Principality Stadium.
The Welsh men’s team have
a great summer lined-up
as they seek to continue
their development. They
will take on the world
champion Springboks at
Twickenham on Saturday,
22 June (KO 2.00pm) before
heading to Australia for a
two Test, three match tour.
They face Joe Schmidt’s
Wallabies in Sydney on
Saturday, 6 July at Allianz
Park and a week later,
Saturday, 13 July, they meet
again in Melbourne at
AAMI Park. Wales haven’t
beaten Australia in their
own backyard since 1969,
so it is a great opportunity
to create some history.
The tour will end with a
game against Queensland
Reds Brisbane’s Suncorp
Stadium on Friday, 19 July.
Wales last met Queensland
on their 1991 tour, when they
were beaten 35-24. The only
other meeting was in 1978,
when Wales won 31-24.
This summer will also see
the Wales U20 side return
to South Africa for the
second year in a row to take
part in the World Rugby
U20 Championship. The
12-team tournament runs
from 29 June – 19 July and
Wales are drawn in Pool A
with France, New Zealand
and newcomers Spain.
The French have won the
last three editions of the
tournament, while New
Zealand have won the most
titles since Wales hosted the
inaugural U20 Championship
in 2008, with six. Spain
qualified by winning the
second tier World Rugby
U20 Trophy last summer.
Wales met both New Zealand
and France in their Pool last
summer, losing 27-26 and 43-
19 respectively, before going
on to finish sixth overall. The
pool games will be played
the Danie Craven Stadium
and the Athlone Stadium,
with the final taking place
at Cape Town Stadium.
On the club front, the BKT
United Rugby Championship
league matches will come
to a head in Wales on
Judgement Day at Cardiff
City Stadium. Tickets are
currently on sale for the
double-header on Saturday,
1 June for the Round 18
matches - Scarlets v Dragons
and Cardiff v Ospreys.
Ticket prices have been
frozen at 2023 prices with a
limited number of tickets at
£10 adults/£5 juniors being
made available. Tickets are
available via the Cardiff City
Stadium ticketing site.
The URC knock-out games
begin on Friday, 7 June and
the Grand Final is Saturday,
22 June. In European
competition, the EPCR
Challenge Cup final is on
Friday, 24 May (KO 20.00)
and the Investec Champions
Cup final is on Saturday, 25
May (KO 14.45), with both
games taking place at the
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
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