Wales' Pyrs and Crabb back to start against England

Women's Six Nations: Wales v England

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Saturday, 29 March Kick off: 16:45 GMT

Coverage: BBC Two, BBC Radio Wales, Radio Cymru, BBC Sounds, the BBC Sport website and app, plus live text commentary, followed by report and reaction on the BBC Sport website and app

Wales head coach Sean Lynn has made two changes to his starting XV to face England in the Women's Six Nations in front of a record crowd in Cardiff on Saturday.

Prop Gwenllian Pyrs and lock Gwen Crabb have been deemed fit to start at Principality Stadium.

The duo came off the bench as Wales began their tournament with defeat by Scotland in Edinburgh last weekend.

For Sale Sharks loose-head Pyrs, Scotland was a first outing since surgery in November, which included a disc replacement and disc fusion.

Crabb most recently started for Wales when they faced Scotland in WXV in September. She returns at the expense of Gwenllian Pyrs' sister Alaw, who drops to the bench.

Wales have not beaten England for 10 years and look to add to the history against ever-powerful opponents.

Jenni Scoble of Gwalia Lightning is preferred to replacement Donna Rose at tight-head and is the only Wales-based player to start, with the rest playing in English rugby's top flight.

Lynn retains Jasmine Joyce at full-back with wings Lisa Neumann and Carys Cox completing the back three.

More than 18,000 tickets have been sold for the game, already a record for a Welsh women's team event in Wales.

The previous best attendance for a women's rugby match was 10,592, when Wales hosted Italy in the 2024 Six Nations at Principality Stadium.

In November, Wales' female footballers set the previous best domestic mark of 16,845 in a Euro 2025 play-off against Republic of Ireland.

Meanwhile, Wales women's football team manager Rhian Wilkinson has expressed disappointment with ticket sales for her team's Nations League game against Denmark on 4 April.

Lynn is in charge of his second Wales game after guiding Gloucester-Hartpury to a third successive Professional Women's Rugby crown in England.

He said: "To have so many of the Welsh rugby family recognise these players as representing them and turning out to support is an exciting and humbling moment for all the players, coaches and staff.

"We took the first step of this team's new journey against Scotland and the prospect of playing in front of a record rugby crowd at the home of Welsh rugby – the Principality Stadium – is recognition of the growth in the women's game.

"The players have been told to be brave and to believe in their ability to compete at the highest level. Most of this squad play in England and train alongside the Red Roses."

Wales: Jasmine Joyce; Lisa Neumann, Hannah Jones (capt), Kayleigh Powell, Carys Cox, Lleucu George, Keira Bevan; Gwenllian Pyrs, Carys Phillips, Jenni Scoble, Abbie Fleming, Gwen Crabb, Kate Williams, Bethan Lewis, Georgia Evans.

Replacements: Kelsey Jones, Maisie Davies, Donna Rose, Alaw Pyrs, Bryonie King, Meg Davies, Courtney Keight, Nel Metcalfe.