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Wales name team for Scotland test
By Online Editors
Wales have made one change to their starting XV from the side that beat England, with Adam Beard coming into the side for the trip to Edinburgh to face Scotland on Saturday.
Beard, who featured in the last nine matches for Wales, returns to the starting line-up in place of the injured Cory Hill and will once again pack down alongside captain Alun Wyn Jones in the second row.
Rob Evans, Ken Owens and Tomas Francis again form the front-row with Josh Navidi, Justin Tipuric and Ross Moriarty named in the back-row.
Gareth Davies and Gareth Anscombe start at scrum-half and fly-half respectively with Hadleigh Parkes and Jonathan Davies forming the midfield partnership.
Josh Adams, George North and Liam Williams line-up in the back-three.
Elliot Dee, Nicky Smith and Dillon Lewis provide the front row cover on the bench with Jake Ball and Aaron Wainwright completing the forward contingent. Aled Davies, Dan Biggar and Owen Watkin provide the backline cover.
WALES TEAM TO PLAY SCOTLAND
15. Liam Williams (54 Caps)
14. George North (81 Caps)
13. Jonathan Davies (71 Caps)
12. Hadleigh Parkes (13 Caps)
11. Josh Adams (9 Caps)
10. Gareth Anscombe (24 Caps)
9. Gareth Davies (39 Caps)
1. Rob Evans (33 Caps)
2. Ken Owens (62 Caps)
3. Tomas Francis (38 aps)
4. Adam Beard (11 Caps)
5. Alun Wyn Jones (Capt) (123 Caps)
6. Josh Navidi (14 Caps)
7. Justin Tipuric (62 Caps)
8. Ross Moriarty (29 Caps)
REPLACEMENTS:
16. Elliot Dee (16 Caps)
17. Nicky Smith (26 Caps)
18. Dillon Lewis (10 Caps)
19. Jake Ball (30 Caps)
20. Aaron Wainwright (6 Caps)
21. Aled Davies (14 Caps)
22. Dan Biggar (68 Caps)
23. Owen Watkin (11 Caps)
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I think you missed the point here. Why have a team aimed at developing the game and then steal their players? Surely the idea is to have fringe AB players who have not yet broken through into the squad, play for another nation and develop that nation - sorts of defeats the object if you say let’s develop the PI’s but if some players develop really well we can just steal them back.
Go to commentsHe has been used sparingly so far, which has worked well to maintain his game time and keep him injury-free for the knock out games
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