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Nadia Krezyman (2), Milena Kokosz, Paulina Tomasiak and Klaudia Jedlinska score for Poland Elise Hughes and Carrie Jones score for Wales Wales make nine changes from the side beaten by Australia Wales defender Charlie Estcourt wins her 50th cap Arsenal defender Teagan Scarlett and Charlton midfielder Mia Ross make Wales debuts Michael Pearlman Wales 2-4 Poland Oliwia
Domin and Klaudia
Jedlinska are on for Poland, replacing Martyna
Wiankowska and Adriana
Achcinska. Wales 2-4 Poland Mia Ross, who played very well on her Wales debut and who sounds like the lead actress in a Hollywood movie, is replaced by Angharad James. Wales 2-4 Poland Carrie Jones lashes over after a nice first touch set her up for a shot. Frustrating for Wales. Wales 2-4 Poland Helen Ward Former Wales striker on BBC Radio Wales It's been a tough evening since Wales went ahead, you always felt those set-pieces could cost Wales and they did. Credit to them though, they've kept playing and kept their heads up. Wales 2-4 Poland Wales will kick themselves. They were right back in the game at 3-2, but they conceded within seconds. It was almost an exact copy of what the Wales men team did against Belgium earlier this month. Wales 2-4 Poland Olivia Clark clatters Gabriela
Grzybowska but the offside flag is up. Wales 2-4 Poland Ceri Holland cuts inside and her left footed effort curls wide. A good opportunity. Wales could have scored five tonight. The problem, from their perspective, is Poland could have got 10. it's not been a night for defenders at Rodney Parade. Wales 2-4 Poland Gwennan Harries Former Wales striker on Match of the Day Wales I think Wales need to steady up a little bit. They've been exposed down the channels and we've given possession away a few times. Substitutions change momentum, and Rjian Wilkinson will be hoping her changes can have more of an impact. Wales 2-4 Poland Did you blink and miss three goals in two minutes? Don't worry, we've got you covered. A breathless passage of play. This video can not be played Wales 2-4 Poland Weronika
Zawistowska tests Olivia Clark twice in a matter of seconds, she really should have scored with the first one and then Clark makes a save from a rebound to deny Paulina
Tomasiak. Three fine saves in 60 seconds. Wales 2-4 Poland Goal. Substitutions. Goal. Goal. Goal. Substitutions. Substitutions. This game needs to chill out, I'm not a touch typist. Wales 2-4 Poland Anna Filbey and Elise Hughes, who were both very good, are replaced by Gemma Evans and Mary Mc Ateer. Wales 2-4 Poland Helen Ward Former Wales striker on BBC Radio Wales That's really disappointing. After such a fantastic response from Wales, Poland go straight up the other end. Not great for us but a fantastic game for the neutral. Wales are going to keep working, they never stop, but they have to tighten up at the back. Wales 2-4 Poland Poland now ring the changes. Weronika
Zawistowska replaces Nadia
Krezyman and Wales will be delighted to see the back of her. Gabriela
Grzybowska and Aleksandra
Zaremba are also on for Natalia
Padilla-Bidas and Wiktoria
Zieniewicz. Wales 2-4 Poland Moments ago Olivia Clark denied Nadia
Krezyman her hat-trick with a near post drive from 18-yards. At the other end Mia Ross curls over the bar. Wales 2-4 Poland Bear with me as I update the details on THREE GOALS. Paulina Tomasiak This is mad. Wales back in contention for a matter of seconds as a long ball over the top catches Wales' back three out of position and the ball is squared for Paulina Tomasiak who has time and space to finish. Wales paying a heavy price for momentary lapses in defence. Carrie Jones An immediate response! Elise Hughes wins a flick-on and Carrie Jones gambles and beats the Poland offside trap and slots home with a precise finish. Wales back into things. Nadia Krezyman Wales press that self destruct button. Scarlett Hill's backpass is overhit and Charlie Estcourt can't control, allowing Nadia Krezyman to waltz into the penalty area and slot the ball home. Far too easy from a Welsh perspective. Wales 1-2 Poland Wales will wonder how they are losing this, really. They have created enough, and largely defended well enough, to be winning, but football is all about moments and who takes their chances. Poland have lost only once in 16 matches after their impressive win over Wales Wales began life after Jess Fishlock with a painful 5-2 friendly defeat to Poland in Newport which extends their winless run to 11 matches. Rhian Wilkinson appeared to be glancing to the future as she picked an experimental Wales side, with only two players who started Fishlock's farewell game against Australia last Saturday keeping their places. And while there were some signs of promise from Wales, they were exposed defensively all too often by a Poland side ranked 26th in the world, six places higher than their hosts. This was Wales' seventh successive loss, their longest sequence since a 12-game losing streak in the mid-1990s. The thrashing came despite Wales making the ideal start at Rodney Parade, with their early energy and enterprise rewarded as Elise Hughes bundled home after Anna Filbey's shot was parried. Tianna Teisar, making her first Wales start, was then denied when one on one with Poland goalkeeper Kinga Seweryn, before a succession of set-pieces proved too much for Wilkinson's rearguard. A neatly worked corner brought the equaliser, with Krezyman guiding a shot low into the far corner of the net, before a similar routine ended with Kokosz's 20-yard drive proving too much for Wales goalkeeper Olivia Clark. Elise Hughes' goal was her fourth for Wales and her first since April 2024 Wales missed chances to level, most notably when substitute Ceri Holland headed against the bar, only to present Poland with a third goal as they gave away possession near halfway. Krezyman was too quick for the turning Charlie Estcourt – who was winning her 50th Wales cap – and rolled the ball beyond the helpless Clark. Wales immediately reduced the deficit, when Clark's punt upfield missed everyone and Jones skated in behind the Polish defence before finishing coolly. But in a remarkable passage of play which brought three goals in as many minutes, Poland re-established their two-goal advantage as Paulina Tomasiak steered in at the near post. As had been the case against Australia, Wales faded as the game wore on and Poland dished out more punishment when Klaudia Jedlinska cut in from the left and beat Clark from the tightest of angles. This was defeat number nine in 11 games for Wales since they beat the Republic of Ireland last December to secure qualification for Euro 2025, with their only respite coming in two Nations League draws in the spring. Charlton's Mia Ross (right) made her debut for Wales, as did Arsenal teenager Teagan Scarlett Fishlock, who was among a crowd of more than 2, 500 at Rodney Parade, won her 166th and final cap in Saturday's friendly defeat to Australia in Cardiff. Head coach Wilkinson says it will be impossible to replace Fishlock because the attacking midfielder was a "one-off", but the fact is Wales must now try to find a way forward without their greatest player. It will be no easy task, but that is the challenge facing Wilkinson, her staff and Wales' players as they attempt to plot a path to the 2027 World Cup. This was far from an ideal start to the new era, even though Wales - who included two debutants in wingback Teagan Scarlett and midfielder Mia Ross - began with purpose and had their moments going forward. Wales' cause was not helped by the absence of seven Euro 2025 squad members through injury – plus Fishlock and Kayleigh Barton, who has also retired – but the margin of this defeat was damaging, even if it was only a friendly. On this evidence, the top priority for a Wales side facing a period of transition is to make themselves harder to beat. Comments can not be loaded To load Comments you need to enable Java Script in your browser Manager: Rhian Wilkinson Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Nina Patalon Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Manager: Rhian Wilkinson Formation: 3 - 4 - 2 - 1 Manager: Nina Patalon Formation: 4 - 2 - 3 - 1 Friendlies Women All competitions All competitions All competitions Copyright © 2025 BBC. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking.