Welsh Feathers keep their Netball World Cup qualification hopes alive with a comfortable 76-33 win over the Republic of Ireland.

Wales and USA will both be looking to back up impressive WXV opening round victories when they go head-to-head at Cardiff Arms Park on Saturday. Ireland back row Aoife Wafer is ruled out of the WXV Global Series encounter against Japan on Sunday because of injury.

Wales, who have returned to the top tier of the Nations League, are without a win in their last four games and this represents their first competitive fixture since the World Cup playoff penalty shoot-out defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina in March.

Wales' resurgence suffers a blow with USA edging an entertaining WXV contest at Cardiff Arms Park.

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Wales were edged out by two points at Cardiff Arms Park as women's rugby sensation Freda Tafuna scored a hat-trick

It felt inevitable once the USA got within a few metres out - and it's the number eight Freda Tafuna who crosses again. There is a long TMO check, with Wales suggesting that Emily