{"id":23236,"date":"2018-01-23T11:17:27","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T11:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=23236"},"modified":"2018-01-23T11:17:27","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T11:17:27","slug":"wales-women-edged-ireland-six-nations-warm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/01\/23\/wales-women-edged-ireland-six-nations-warm\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales women edged out in Six Nations warm-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WALES women battled against tricky weather conditions in their loss to Ireland for the Six Nations warm-up match at Ystrad Mynach on Sunday.<br \/>\nTwo first half tries from Jessica Kavanagh-Williams and one from Carys Phillips was not enough to overcome Ireland as Wales lost 27-19.<br \/>\nWales were forced into making a late change on the bench as flanker Nia Elen Davies was ruled out through injury. Katie Jenkins took her place.<br \/>\nWith just four minutes on the clock, a storming run from outside-half, Niamh Briggs forced open the back line and debutante <strong>Megan Williams<\/strong> was given her first try of her international career. Former Ireland skipper\u00a0Briggs was unable to meet the conversion.<br \/>\nThe difficult conditions became more of a problem for Wales as they started to produce unforced errors.<br \/>\nThe visitors added to their lead minutes later as Ireland displayed some of the best link up play of the match.<br \/>\nWinger Alison Miller made a break down the left before passing the ball to scrum-half Ailsa Hughes who found full-back Kim Flood. Centre <strong>Claire McLaughlin<\/strong> was able to touch the ball down and Briggs converted.<br \/>\nWales started to get back into the match as they won a penalty in the opposition half, which Robyn Wilkins kicked to the corner.<br \/>\nIreland held them off for a short time but the strength of the Welsh outfit enabled hooker<strong> Carys\u00a0Phillips<\/strong> to put Wales\u2019 first points on the board.<br \/>\nMidway through the first half Ireland scored their third try of the afternoon as Briggs\u2019 accurate cross-field kick found <strong>Alison\u00a0Miller,<\/strong> but again Briggs\u2019 failed to convert.<br \/>\nA blistering end to the first half saw Wales come back into the match. A split ball allowed Amy Evans to win the turnover and mount an attack that brought Wales to within metres of the try-line.<br \/>\n<strong>Kavanagh-Williams<\/strong> broke loose for a try under the post, which Wilkins converted.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23240\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23240\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-500x341.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-293x200.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-23240\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-500x341.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince-293x200.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/01\/prince.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript> Wales women play their Six Nations opener against Scotland at the Principality Stadium.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nIreland\u2019s lead was narrowed and their performance on the pitch reflected this. Wales grew in confidence as the second half came to an end, but this was not before they scored their second try on the stroke of half-time.<br \/>\nWales caught the Ireland defence off guard as <strong>Kavanagh-Williams\u00a0<\/strong>scored her second try of the afternoon. Wilkins was on-target with the extras as Wales led at the break 19-17.<br \/>\nThe second half started quietly with both teams passing the ball well in the for the first 20 minutes as Ireland regained the confidence they started the match with.<br \/>\nIt wasn\u2019t until midway through the second half that Ireland got their fourth try of the afternoon as <strong>Leah Lyons<\/strong> pushed the ball over the line with a powerful run following a line-up.<br \/>\nIreland\u2019s final and fifth try of the afternoon came as Nicole Cronin\u2019s quick tap set <strong>Sene Naoupu<\/strong> up to dive over the line. Lyons hit the post with the conversion.<br \/>\nWales may have mounted a wonderful first half comeback, but the strength of the Irish in the second half proved too much for the women in red as they lost the Six Nations warm-up match 27-19.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tickets for Wales&#8217; Six Nations opener against Scotland at Parc Eirias on February 3 in Cardiff can be bought\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eticketing.co.uk\/principalitystadium\/?utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=slashtickets&amp;utm_campaign=slashtickets&amp;refpage=siteutils\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>SCORERS:<br \/>\n<em>Wales: Tries: Carys Phillips, Jessica Kavanagh-Williams 2; Cons: Robyn Wilkins 2.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Ireland: Tries: Megan Williams, Claire McLaughlin, Alison Miller, Leah Lyons, Sene Naoupu; con: Niamh Briggs.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WALES women battled against tricky weather conditions in their loss to Ireland for the Six Nations warm-up match at Ystrad Mynach on Sunday. Two first half tries from Jessica Kavanagh-Williams and one from Carys Phillips was not enough to overcome Ireland as Wales lost 27-19. Wales were forced into making a late change on the bench as flanker Nia Elen Davies was ruled out through injury. Katie Jenkins took her place. 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