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International friendly: Wales v Australia
Venue: Cardiff City Stadium Date: Saturday, 25 Oct October Kick-off: 14:00 BST
Coverage: Live on iPlayer and BBC One Wales, BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Wales and Radio Cymru, the BBC Sport website and app, plus live text commentary.
Jess Fishlock will naturally get top billing when Wales host Australia on Saturday as she plays the final game of her legendary international career – but the fixture will also offer a glimpse into the future of Welsh football.
This will be Rhian Wilkinson's first friendly match as Wales head coach, 18 months after she took charge of her first game.
She is making the most of the opportunity to experiment, having named a squad that includes eight uncapped players.
Some of the changes are enforced, with seven players out injured, but Wilkinson is keen to take a look at some of Wales' most promising young prospects.
"This is the beginning of a new Euro cycle, a new four-year cycle begins," said Wilkinson.
"We know that we've got this great group of young players coming through our system that we've been developing through our academies, but equally through our talent ID [identification]."
The new faces also include players who have represented other countries at youth level, part of Wales' effort to expand their talent pool as they aim to build on their first major tournament appearance at Euro 2025.
"This will be my first friendly, as the coach for Wales against Australia, which is a crazy thing as it will be pretty much two years in charge," added Wilkinson.
"They're never friendly in terms of wanting to win, but this is the first opportunity I've had to really look at some new players and the qualified players as well."
The eight uncapped players in the Wales squad are Mia Ross, Annie Wilding, Gwen Zimmerman, Scarlett Hill and Amy Richardson, who get their first call-ups, while Poppy Soper, Teagan Scarlett and Tianna Teisar are hoping to make their Wales debuts having been involved with previous squads.
Charlton Athletic midfielder Ross, who has played for England at under-19 and under-23 level, might have played for Wales already were it not for injury.
"Mia, firstly, is a fantastic person. I've been in communication with Mia pretty much since I got the job. I've been watching her," said Wilkinson.
"I think she's got a vision and an understanding of space that's always really interested me and intrigued me, and it's a big decision to choose a nationality to play for.
Wilkinson added both player and coach had taken their time and had lots of good conversations before commiting.
"Equally no-one will come into this squad if they're not the right person for this squad. So yes, she was part of the England pathway, but there's a type of person that I know can fit in well with this Welsh team," the head coach explained.
"We have to keep our Welsh heritage, our Welsh understanding strong, that connection and passion for the flag, for the badge, has to be paramount. If that person that I'm looking at doesn't have that, then I stop recruiting them.
"And from the beginning, Mia's been very clear that this was something she was interested in, that she felt very strongly about, and we haven't forced or pushed those conversations, it's happened quite naturally, and she then got injured.
"So we gave her space and now she's back playing well, and we're really looking forward to having her for the first time in with the group."
Arsenal defender Scarlett, 18, who has featured regularly for Wales Under-19s, is included having trained with the senior squad in Portugal before Euro 2025.
"Another player we've been looking at for a long time," said Wilkinson.
"Most of the players coming into this camp have been with Wales before, in some way or another, so the environment hopefully won't be too overwhelming for them.
"Teagan's got this real exciting quality on the ball. She's starting to get some significant minutes with the Arsenal youth programmes and we think it's the right time to see her up at senior level."
Zimmerman is another player who has represented Wales at youth level, though she was born and raised in the United States.
"She came through our talent ID. Our team have got some online registration and they go out and get the word out to clubs around Canada, the US, Australia, just to see what eligible players we do have," said Wilkinson, who won 181 caps for Canada.
"Gwen Zimmerman is like I am, which is that I was born and brought up in Canada, but have Welsh parentage and could have qualified for Wales.
"That doesn't mean that you're less Welsh because you're born abroad and, equally, we have Welsh players who choose to play for other countries.
"That is the challenging part of the job but also the opportunity, and we've got to make sure that Wales is front and centre with all the other bigger nations, and I mean population-wise, so that players know what options there are for them, and we're seeing some of those players coming through."
