SATURDAY 16 MARCH 2024 | DYDD SADWRN 16 MAWRTH 2024 COMING NEXT ... 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 <strong>Italy</strong> 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. <strong>Wales</strong> 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. <strong>Wales</strong> last met Queensland on their 1991 tour, when they were beaten 35-24. The only other meeting was in 1978, when <strong>Wales</strong> won 31-24. This summer will also see the <strong>Wales</strong> 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 <strong>Wales</strong> 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 <strong>Wales</strong> hosted the inaugural U20 Championship in 2008, with six. Spain qualified by winning the second tier World Rugby U20 Trophy last summer. <strong>Wales</strong> 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 <strong>Wales</strong> 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. 98 /WELSHRUGBYUNION
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