Wales must be full of confidence because they opt to put a very kickable penalty into the corner.

Their tails are up.

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Wales have clearly worked on using the inside pass to change direction of attack.

That was about the fourth time they've used it and it has worked every time.

Great inter-play from Alex Callender to Alisha Butchers to Bethan Lewis before Keira Bevan did what all good scrum-halves do, offer support to take all the glory!

Wales are suddenly buzzing.

Wales fans are flying the flag in the Athlone Stadium in Cape Town.

And I think they're liking what they've seen so far.

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Next it's lock Natalia John galloping through, running on to an inside ball and stretching those long legs.

Alisha Butchers then makes a half-break off Alex Callender's offload.

Wow, Wales are showing more enterprise in these last few minutes than they did in the entire game against Italy.

Jaz Joyce lights up the early exchanges with a scintilating break.

Wales' full-back shows real strength to fend off the flanker and then steps on the gas.

Alex Callender and Gwenllian Pyrs putting on some big early tackles.

That pair get through some work.

Sisilia Tuipulotu goes high and Japan have a penalty inside their own half.

Kayleigh Powell gets a nice confidence booster there with a huge kick upfield.

But only after Japan showed their intent by putting the ball through a few hands.

Wales are playing in their change colour of white jerseys and green shorts.

Not sure why as Japan play in blue!

Shaky start from Japan... kick-off receiver knocks on and Wales have a scrum.

We're off in Cape Town.

Ceri Coleman-Phillips
BBC Sport Wales rugby reporter

I'm super-excited to see how Kayleigh Powell goes at fly-half for Wales today.

We've been used to seeing her at full-back, but I know it's a position she wants to nail down for her club (Harlequins) and country.

She'll be a different type of 10 to Lleucu George, who has that enormous boot. I expect she'll be more of a running 10.

She has been unlucky with injuries so far in her career, but certainly has some stardust about her, as recognised in the summer when she became a Team GB Olympian.

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Former Wales head coach Chris Horsman knows Ioan Cunningham faces major scrutiny.

But he believes Cunningham has enough credit - just - to survive a whitewash in South Africa, given successive third-place finishes in the Six Nations in his first two campaigns.

“As a coach the currency you trade in is results. Ioan is going to be under a lot of pressure, probably mostly from himself, and he’ll realise that," said Horsman.

"Under normal circumstances, potentially the [Welsh Rugby Union] would look to change but I think Ioan did a lot of good in the first year and a half.

"I would give him to the World Cup. After that, let's have a look at it. Fresh ideas and maybe then would be the opportunity to have a change."

The teams are on the way out - and the conditions in Cape Town are very good.

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We have had some sad news today for rugby as a whole, as former Wales coach Kevin Bowring has died at the age of 70.

Bowring became the first full-time professional coach of Wales' men's team when he took charge in late 1995.

He led Wales in 29 matches, with 15 wins and 14 defeats, before leaving the role in 1998.

In 2001 English rugby's governing body the Rugby Football Union (RFU) appointed Bowring as its head of elite coach development.

Bowring stayed at the RFU until his retirement in 2016 but afterwards continued to mentor young coaches as a coach development consultant, including spending some time with the Welsh regional coaches.

Bowring was born in Neath and was a product of the Neath Grammar School.

He played a few games for the Neath senior side in the back row alongside his boyhood idol Dai Morris, the former Wales flanker.

Bowring spent nine years with London Welsh where he appeared in 268 games, captaining the club for three seasons and representing the Barbarians on three occasions.

A teacher by profession, Bowring hung up his playing boots at 32.

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Wales captain Hannah Jones said: "It's fine to be disappointed and angry with ourselves [after the Italy defeat], but we've got to park it and move on.

"We can't dwell on that because Japan will certainly not care how we're feeling.

"Japan play a very fast game, they're quick, they're fit, they've got a really good kicking game as well, so we've worked on that and hopefully we can deal with that quite comfortably.

"It's huge for us, we've stuck tight together all week, we've worked hard.

"I want to go out there play rugby, enjoy it and when you look after the performance, the result will look after itself."

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• Wales and Japan have met only twice before with each claiming one win

• The first meeting of these sides ended in a heavy defeat for Wales, with Japan running out 52-10 winners at Ystrad Mynach in 2017. Jess Kavanagh and Kelsey Jones were on the scoresheet for Wales

• The second meeting was an autumn international in 2021, when Jasmine Joyce crossed twice in the 23-5 victory

• Wales are ranked 10th in the world, with Japan up to 11th

• Both sides have already qualified for the 2025 Rugby World Cup in England, Japan by winning their sixth Asian title and Wales via WXV2

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Wales head coach Ioan Cunningham said: "Japan will pose a very different challenge, but it’s one the players are aware of, and we have been impressed how they have performed so far in WXV2.

"The team know that we need finish WXV2 with a big performance for the supporters back home in Wales.

“It’s a game both sides know they need to win to finish on a high and promises to be an exciting Test match.”