Jenny Hesketh will make her debut at full-back against Scotland on Saturday when Wales start their Women’s Guinness Six Nations campaign. Wales scrum half Sian Jones is poised to do the same off the replacements bench if she gets on the field at Cardiff Arms Park.

Robert Pages is ready to unleash his Welsh speedsters on Poland as he looks to book qualification for this summer’s European Championships.

Osian Roberts is backing Wales to continue on the journey he started with Chris Coleman in 2016 by moving a step closer to another Euros finals qualification tonight (Thurs) Roberts was assistant manager to Chris Coleman when Wales broke new ground eight years ago by reaching the tournament finals in France – their first tournament appearance for 58 years.

Rob Page insists Wales need their A-game to eliminate Finland and make the Euro 2024 play-off final. Wales start as clear favourites in Cardiff on Thursday to beat opponents ranked 60th in the world – 31 places below them – and progress to a home play-off final against Estonia or Poland.

Nigel Owens has called for clarification on what exactly constitutes a red card in rugby. The former World Cup final referee was talking against the backdrop of the big debate over the 20-minute red card.

Shaheen Afridi, Jess Jonassen and Tom Kohler-Cadmore were the main recruits of the draft to join Welsh Fire for this year’s Hundred tournament. In the women’s competition, Jess Jonassen was chosen with the Fire’s first pick – joining Tammy Beaumont and Hayley Matthews in Cardiff.

Former England Golf men’s squad manager Gareth Jenkins has returned to his roots as Wales Golf Director of Performance and Pathway.

Meirion Evans unveiled a brand new Toyota GR Yaris Rally2 that he’ll drive in this year’s Probite British Rally Championship (BRC) at a launch ceremony held at the magnificent Rolls of Monmouth Golf Club. The first Yaris rally car to arrive in the UK will be prepared and run by the Llanwrda-based double BRC Teams’ champions Melvyn Evans Motorsport.

Chris Grube believes he can finally achieve his ambition of an Olympic medal after the Welsh sailor was confirmed as part of the Great Britain team for Paris. Grube and Vita Heathcote will compete for Team GB in the mixed dinghy class at the Games, the British Olympic Association have confirmed.

Joe Rodon believes Wales can count on their tournament experience against Finland to progress in the Euro 2024 play-offs. Wales are aiming to qualify for a third successive European Championship and a fourth major tournament in five over the next week.

Ceri Jones is to stand down as head coach of Rygbi Gogledd Cymru (RGC) at the end of this season. RGC were 20-15 winners away to Carmarthen Quins in their most recent match, but have had a difficult season and currently stand third from bottom of the Indigo Premiership, although they do have games in hand on the clubs above them.

Kieffer Moore and Nathan Broadhead are the Tractor Boys who can plough Wales to the Euro 2024 play-off final on Thursday night. That’s the prediction of Wales manager Rob Page as he prepares his team to face Finland in the crunch semi-final at Cardiff City Stadium.

Ethan Ampadu insists he has a lot more to achieve in football as he prepares to become the youngest Welshman to win 50 caps. Ampadu is set to break Chris Gunter’s record at the tender age of 23 in Thursday’s Euro 2024 play-off semi-final against Finland in Cardiff.

Matthew Hirst won the Get Jerky Rally North Wales for the fourth time in a row, when he dominated the opening round of the Motorsport UK Pirelli Welsh Rally Championship in his Delta Salvage/Witham Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 last weekend. Co-driven by Declan Dear, the Doncaster ace set the fastest time through the morning’s loop of four stages through Gartheiniog, Dyfi, Dyfnant West and Dyfnant East forests to reach mid-day service 1min 34sec ahead of his nearest rival.

Liam Cullen aims to feast against Finland this week after devouring Cardiff City thanks to Swansea’s head chef. The Swans striker revealed he was inspired by Chris Watkins, who cooked up an inspiring pre-match team talk, not long after serving his regular eve-of-game pasta.

Wales manager Rob Page has defended Danny Ward and blamed “politics” for the out-of-favour Leicester City goalkeeper not moving in the January transfer window. Ward, Wales’ number one, has not played for Leicester in over 12 months and finds himself third-choice goalkeeper at the Championship promotion-chasers.

Emma Finucane has spoken of her excitement at being right on track for the Paris Olympics after securing more cycling gold. The Welsh track star clinched victory in the women’s keirin, securing her third gold medal at the Track Nations Cup in Hong Kong.

George North has urged Wales fans to keep the faith and believes victories are on the horizon – even though next up are South Africa and Australia. The retiring Wales wing delivered a message of hope for Welsh rugby as he departed the international game on crutches after Wales’ wooden spoon nightmare became reality.

Ethan Ampadu can steer Wales towards the Euro 2024 finals on Thursday night – by underlining why he is their next Celtic warrior leader after Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey. Ampadu will win his 50th cap at the age of just 23 when Wales host Finland in their crunch play-off semi-final in Cardiff. It’s a landmark achievement which Wales manager Rob Page insists proves Ampadu is likely to be his country’s next long-term captain in succession to Bale and Ramsey.

Normal service was resumed in the South Wales derby as Liam Cullen and Jamal Lowe scored the goals that barely reflected the total dominance of Swansea City over rivals Cardiff in a 2-0 home win. Despite arriving on the back of a four-match winning streak – a run that had prompted optimism around a late promotion surge – Cardiff were second best in every aspect. “We won in a really positive way and I can’t argue with the way we went about it today,” said Swans head coach Luke Williams.