Wales Women U20s Head coach Liza Burgess has named the 30-player squad to represent Wales in the Women’s U20s Six Nations championship in Italy to be played in July - and it includes six Dragons players.
Chloe Thomas Bradley, Abi Meyrick, Lucy Isaac, Katie Bevans, Amy Williams and Savannah Picton-Powell are all selected.
Centre Jenna De Vera and flanker Jess Rogers are named as co-captains, with Wales full-back Nel Metcalfe named in the squad.
The three-times capped Welsh international will join the squad after the Wales WXV play-off clash with Spain at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday, June 29th.
The squad includes prop Maisie Davies, lock Alaw Pyrs, fly-half Hanna Marshall, scrum-half Seren Singleton and prop Cadi-Lois Davies were all invited to train with the extended senior Six Nations squad for the 2024 championship.
There are 21 players in the Wales U20s squad who were part of the Brython Thunder and Gwalia Lightning squads which played in last season’s Celtic Challenge tournament.
Wales U20s kick of their campaign against France at the Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma, on Thursday, July 4th (KO: 9am UK).
Liza Burgess, the Wales U20s Head coach, said: “It is fantastic to have the U20s tournament now up and running and it promises to be an exciting challenge for the squad of players we have selected for the tournament.
“We are expecting to be tested across the Six Nations but having the opportunity to play international rugby at this level is only going to benefit all the players and coaches, and we are very much looking forward to it.
“Jenna De Vera and Jess Rogers have been named as co-captains and will bring some real experience and knowledge to the role, on and off the field, to lead what is an exciting young squad.
“We are delighted to have Welsh international Nel Metcalfe available for this tournament. She is still only 19 and the experience she will bring to the squad will be invaluable. This is an opportunity for her to get quality game-time at international level ahead of the senior national side’s campaign next season.”
Wales Women’s Six Nations U20s Squad:
Forwards:
Chloe Thomas Bradley (Brython Thunder)
Lowri Williams (Gwalia Lightning/ USW)
Maisie Davies (Gwalia Lightning / Cardiff Met)
Cana Williams (Loughborough University)
Cadi Lois Davies (Brython Thunder)
Abi Meyrick (Unattached)
Mollie Crabb (Gwalia Lightning/ Cardiff Met)
Molly Wakely (Brython Thunder)
Milly Summer Webb – Greenslade (Brython Thunder/ Cardiff Met)
Erin Jones (Gwalia Lightning/ Cardiff Met)
Alaw Pyrs (Gwalia Lightning/ Hartpury College)
Robyn Davies (Hartpury College)
Lily Terry (Cheltenham Tigers)
Lucy Isaac (Gwalia Lightning/Cardiff Met)
Catrin Stewart (Gwalia Lightning/ Cardiff Met)
Jess Rogers (Cardiff Met, co-captain)
Backs:
Seren Singleton (Brython Thunder/Cardiff Met)
Katie Bevans (Brython Thunder/ Cardiff Met)
Freya Bell (Harlequins)
Hanna Marshall (Hartpury College)
Amy Williams Brython Thunder/ Cardiff Met)
Jenna De Vera (Gwalia Lightning/ Bristol Bears, co-captain)
Molly Anderson Thomas (Gwalia Lightning/Loughborough Uni)
Ellie Tromans (Brython Thunder/ Cardiff Uni)
Savannah Picton Powell (Brython Thunder/ Cardiff Met)
Kelsie Webster (Gwalia Lightning/ Hartpury College)
Eleanor Hing (Brython Thunder/ Cardiff Uni)
Hannah Lane (Caernarfon)
Kim Thurlow (Gwalia Lightning/ Bath Uni)
Nel Metcalfe (Gloucester Hartpury/ Hartpury Uni)
