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The Principality Stadium has a capacity of 74,500
Women's Six Nations: Wales v Italy
Venue: Principality Stadium Date: Saturday, 27 April Kick off: 12:15 BST
Coverage: Live connected BBC One, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio Wales, Radio Cymru nan BBC Sport website and app. Highlights, Scrum V Sunday, 28 April, BBC Two Wales from 18:00 BST and later connected demand.
Wales will play their Women's Six Nations finale against Italy successful beforehand of a grounds crowd astatine Principality Stadium connected Saturday.
Almost 10,000 tickets for nan 74,000-capacity venue person been sold arsenic Wales look for their first triumph of nan campaign.
The erstwhile grounds for a guidelines unsocial women's Test lucifer was 8,500 erstwhile Wales hosted England astatine Cardiff Arms Park past year.
Wales' women past played astatine nan nation's nationalist stadium successful a Barbarians double header successful 2019.
Wales skipper Hannah Jones has thanked fans for "sticking pinch them" aft a disappointing tally of results for her master side.
It is simply a stark opposition to Wales rounding disconnected past year's title pinch an emphatic triumph successful Italy.
Since past Wales person mislaid 7 successive games, their past sensation of triumph coming against USA successful a friends past summer.
“This is erstwhile we request them [the fans] most," said Jones, "we request their support because these are reliable times.
"Losing hurts america and we want to put that right, and we are wished to do truthful against Italy this weekend."
Wales 'have to win' against Italy, says Cunningham
Wales and Italy's lucifer will beryllium followed by nan the Welsh Rugby Union's nationalist women's finals day, wherever teams will title nan cup, sheet and vessel competitions.
Wales caput coach Ioan Cunningham said it will beryllium a "celebration of rugby for women and girls successful Wales".
But he says each their attraction will beryllium connected getting nan bonus-point win, which is nan slightest Wales request if they are to debar finishing last.
"It is focusing connected our capacity and not letting nan juncture aliases nan venue get nan amended of us," Cunningham said.
"We person to win, it's arsenic elemental arsenic that, we've had a short turnaround from nan France crippled and it's fundamentally 'how tin we triumph 1 crippled of rugby?'
"That's what we've discussed arsenic a squad and hopefully we tin put it connected nan transportation connected Saturday."
