Overview
- Wales named Keira Bevan to make her first international start at fly-half in the matchday 23 for the fixture at Cardiff Arms Park, with Seren Lockwood at scrum-half and Lleucu George among the replacements.
- Head coach Sean Lynn included three potential debutants—Amy Williams to start on the wing plus Shanelle Williams and Elan Jones on the bench—and appointed Alex Callender and Kate Williams as co-captains.
- Springbok Women co-coaches Laurian Johannes-Haupt and Franzel September picked a reshaped backline led by Libbie Janse van Rensburg at 10, Felicia Jacobs at 9, Maria Tshiremba back in the backs, Logan Welman at No.8 and Babalwa Latsha as captain.
- The match is scheduled for Friday 18 September with a 19:15 local kick-off and an officiating team led by referee Ella Goldsmith, giving both sides a formal opening to the new WXV Global Series timetable.
- Wales enter the game on a nine‑match Test losing run while South Africa bring recent momentum and have said they will use WXV to blood starters and build depth, making this opener an early gauge of each programme’s direction.