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We may well be heading into a two-week WXV Global Series hiatus but there is plenty of time to fawn over the weekend's action.
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Ireland Women face off against Wales Women in Womens Six Nations Round 4 on Sat 9th May 2026 at Affidea Stadium. Kick-off in the UK is scheduled for 18:30 and is broadcast on BBC iPlayer. In South Africa it’s at 19:30 SAST, 05:30 NZST on Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now, Sky Go in New Zealand, 03:30 AEST on Stan Sport in Australia and 10:30 EST in the US.
Ireland Women won the last encounter but Ireland Women are in the best form of their last 5 games.
Heading into the fixture, Ireland Women sits at 5 in the World Rugby Rankings, while Wales Women holds 12.
The two sides are separated by 7 places in the rankings with Ireland Women in position 5 and Wales Women in position 12 as such Ireland Women are favourites on paper.
The official squads for Ireland Women vs Wales Women will become available around 24- 48 hours before kick-off. Teams can still make changes up to an hour before the match however.
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Dannah O'Brien converts the try.
Ireland are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Brittany Hogan picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
What a kick! Jasmine Joyce takes full advantage to score for Wales.
The touch judges raise their flags as Dannah O'Brien kicks the conversion.
Nothing was going to stop Aoife Wafer from scoring as they record the try for Ireland.
Jasmine Joyce (Wales) is shown a yellow card
Cliodhna Moloney-MacDonald (Ireland) is shown a yellow card
Dannah O'Brien adds the two points for Ireland.
The defence are desperately trying to hold out here but it was to no avail as Brittany Hogan dots the ball down from close range.
Silky skills by Ireland ends with a try for Beibhinn Parsons.
Keira Bevan makes no mistake with that conversion attempt.
Wales are stopped just a few metres from the try line but Georgia Evans picks up from the base of the ruck to score the try.
Dannah O'Brien converts the try.
Aoife Wafer scores the try from close range.