After two rounds of competition at the 2024 Guinness Women’s Six Nations, both Ireland women’s rugby and Wales women’s rugby are winless and sharing space at the bottom of the table at 0-2 and with one point apiece.
The tide will change for one of the two squads when they meet Saturday at Virgin Media Park in Ballyphehane, Cork, Ireland.
Host Ireland opened the 2024 Women’s Six Nations with a 38-17 road loss to France, before playing a competitive game against Italy in Round 2. Unfortunately, Ireland lost 27-21 and fell short of taking home a bonus point.
Wales kicked off the 2024 event by losing to Scotland on Welsh turf for the first time in 20 years, 20-18, and then got pummeled by England 46-10 at the RDS Arena in Dublin.
In the 2023 Women’s Six Nations, Wales cruised past Ireland 31-5 in the opening week of the competition. Wales (3-2, 15 points) went on to finish third in the table behind England and France, while Ireland landed in the bottom spot at 0-5 and with zero points.
In their last five meetings, going back to 2018 (there was no Six Nations in 2021), Wales has won three times (2019, 2022, 2023).
While it does seem likely that neither Ireland nor Wales will be winning the 2024 Six Nations, a third-place performance this time around could mean qualifying for the 2025 Rugby World Cup, if the tournament favorites – England and France – again finish in the top two places.
Through two rounds this year, England and France both are 2-0. England has 10 points and France has nine.
2024 Women’s Six Nations Standings
|
Team |
P |
W |
D |
L |
PF |
PA |
Diff |
TF |
TA |
BP |
PTS |
|
England |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
94 |
10 |
84 |
16 |
1 |
2 |
10 |
|
France |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
53 |
22 |
31 |
7 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
|
Italy |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
27 |
69 |
-42 |
4 |
11 |
1 |
5 |
|
Scotland |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
25 |
33 |
-8 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|
Ireland |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
38 |
65 |
-27 |
5 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
|
Wales |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
28 |
66 |
-38 |
3 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
2024 Women’s Six Nations Scores
Round 1 (March 23-24)
France 38, Ireland 17
Scotland 20, Wales 18
England 48, Italy 0
Round 2 (March 30-31)
France 15, Scotland 5
England 46, Wales 10
Italy 27, Ireland 21
Round 3 (April 13-14)
Scotland vs. England (April 13 at 9:15 a.m. EDT)
Ireland vs. Wales (April 13 at 11:45 a.m. EDT)
France vs. Italy (April 14 at 7:30 a.m. EDT)
Round 4 (April 20-21)
England vs. Ireland (April 20 at 9:15 a.m. EDT)
Italy vs. Scotland (April 20 at 11:45 a.m. EDT)
Wales vs. France (April 21 at 10:15 a.m. EDT)
Round 5 (April 27)
Wales vs. Italy at 7:15 a.m. EDT
Ireland vs. Scotland at 9:30 a.m. EDT
France vs. England at 11:45 a.m. EDT
How To Watch Ireland Women’s Rugby Vs. Wales At 2024 Women’s Six Nations
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Lineups
Ireland
15 Lauren Delany; 14 Katie Corrigan, 13 Eve Higgins, 12 Enya Breen, 11 Béibhinn Parsons, 10 Dannah O’Brien, 9 Aoibheann Reilly; 1 Linda Djougang, 2 Neve Jones, 3 Christy Haney, 4 Dorothy Wall, 5 Sam Monaghan, 6 Aoife Wafer, 7 Edel McMahon, 8 Brittany Hogan.
Replacements: 16 Clíodhna Moloney, 17 Niamh O’Dowd, 18 Sadhbh McGrath, 19 Fiona Tuite, 20 Shannon Ikahihifo, 21 Molly Scuffil-McCabe, 22 Nicole Fowley, 23 Aoife Dalton.
Wales
15 Jenny Hesketh, 14 Jasmine Joyce, 13 Hannah Jones, 12 Kerin Lake, 11 Carys Cox, 10 Lleucu George, 9 Keira Bevan; 1 Gwenllian Pyrs, 2 Carys Phillips, 3 Sisilia Tuipulotu, 4 Abbie Fleming, 5 Georgia Evans, 6 Alisha Butchers, 7 Alex Callender, 8 Bethan Lewis.
Replacements: 16 Molly Reardon, 17 Abbey Constable, 18 Donna Rose, 19 Natalia John, 20 Gwennan Hopkins, 21 Sian Jones, 22 Kayleigh Powell, 23 Courtney Keight.
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