Australia Cap Hughes Called Up By Wales

Wales person named Melbourne City midfielder Laura Hughes, who has been capped erstwhile by Australia, successful their squad for nan upcoming world campy successful Spain.

Hughes, whose mother is from Gwent, is called up by Wales for nan first clip contempt featuring successful a friends for nan Matildas successful December 2024.

Wales will look Switzerland successful a friends connected Tuesday, 2 December (11:00 GMT) astatine El Chapin Stadium successful Jerez de la Frontera.

Rhian Wilkinson's squad will besides play a friends connected Friday, 28 November (18:00 GMT) astatine Malaga's Football Foundation Centre, but their opponents are still to beryllium confirmed.

Hughes, 24, made her master debut arsenic a 15-year-old for home-city nine Canberra United.

She had a spell playing successful Iceland earlier returning to Canberra, past played concisely for Manly United anterior to a move to A-League Women broadside Melbourne successful 2023.

Her solitary world quality came arsenic a substitute successful a 6-0 triumph complete Chinese Taipei, but she is eligible to move allegiances to Wales because that was not a competitory game.

Hughes is nan only caller call-up successful nan first Wales squad named since Jess Fishlock's world retirement, though location are 4 different uncapped players successful Poppy Soper, Annie Wilding, Olivia Francis and Phoebie Poole.

Rhiannon Roberts, Ella Powell, Rachel Rowe, Lily Woodham and Esther Morgan are recalled having missed past month's defeats against Poland and Australia done injury, but Josie Green and Soffia Kelly are again absent.

Anna Filbey, Alice Griffiths, Lois Joel, Gwen Zimmerman, Scarlet Hill, Amy Richardson and Teagan Scarlett are each omitted having been successful nan erstwhile Wales squad.

Mia Ross and Tianna Teisar are progressive again having won their first Wales caps successful nan October matches.

The Spanish travel will beryllium Wales' last get-together earlier opening their qualifying run for nan 2027 Women's World Cup pinch an distant fixture against nan Czech Republic connected 3 March, 2026.

Wales, who will besides look Albania and Montenegro successful Group B1, are successful nan midst of a miserable run, having grounded to triumph successful 11 games since they hit Republic of Ireland successful a Euro 2025 qualifying play-off successful December 2024.

They person mislaid 7 successive matches – their worst tally since nan 1990s – having played a number of higher-ranked sides successful 2025.