No Americas Opposition for Wales in 2017

The WRU has confirmed fixtures for their November Internationals. The four match series will begin on November 11. Wales will have home advantage in four matches over consecutive weekends, none of which will be against opposition from the Americas.

Additional visitors to Wales in November are to be Georgia, New Zealand and South Africa. They are to play in that order. The clash against Australia will be played at 5:15pm local time as will the match against New Zealand. The fixtures against Georgia and South Africa get underway at 2:30pm.

The four end-of-year matches are to follow a two-match tour of the Pacific Islands. Wales will take-on Tonga and Samoa, doing so on June 16 and 24. With Tonga not having an appropriate venue the Welsh will play against Tonga in Pukekohe, New Zealand.

JUNE INTERNATIONALS
June 16 Tonga vs Wales, Pukekohe, New Zealand (kick-off tba)
June 24 Samoa vs Wales, Apia (3:30pm local)

NOVEMBER INTERNATIONALS
November 11: Wales vs Australia (5:15pm local)
November 18: Wales vs Georgia (2:30pm local)
November 25: Wales vs New Zealand (5:15pm local)
December 02: Wales vsSouth Africa (2:30pm local)

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