Amy will stir Welsh World Cup fervour.

AMY Louise Pedwell normally watches rugby internationals in the pub with her mates.

But on Friday she will be singing at the opening ceremony of the Rugby World Cup watched by more than one billion people worldwide.

Amy, of Penarth, was chosen as one of two Welsh representatives at the opening and closing ceremony of the tournament in Australia.

In between, she will follow the Wales team around the country singing the Welsh national anthem before their matches.

'I am nervous and excited,' said Amy, a qualified primary school teacher and former pupil of Stanwell Comprehensive School.

'The biggest audience I have performed for is 4,000 at this year's Eisteddfod where I won the opera competition. In Australia the stadiums will have up to 85,000 people and the potential audience is more than a billion. But I'm not going to let my nerves get in the way.'

Amy had to send a video tape of herself singing scales, a song of her choice and Mae Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau to the Rugby World Cup's musical director in Australia.