Louis Rees-Zammit has returned to the wing for Wales’ opening Nations Championship clash against Fiji at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday.
While the 25-year-old started at fullback throughout the Six Nations, coach Steve Tandy has opted to give Blair Murray the No 15 jersey on this occasion.
Rees-Zammit is one of several English Premiership-based players to return after missing last week’s uncapped Barbarians fixture.
Scrumhalf Tomos Williams also comes straight back into the starting XV, while flank Jac Morgan will make his first Test appearance since November after recovering from injury.
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Tandy has also handed a potential Test debut to Ospreys prop Ben Warren, who has been named on the bench.
Tandy backed Warren to make the step up if called upon.
“Ben picks up things really quickly. I think he’s really developed over the last month in scrums with [scrum coach] Paul [James] and for him to get an opportunity to make his debut on Saturday, and in Cardiff, is great.”
Saturday’s match will be played in Cardiff as Fiji opted to stage their July home Tests in the UK for financial reasons.
Wales will then travel to Argentina to face Los Pumas on 11 July and to Durban, where they meet the Springboks on the 18th.
WALES – 15 Blair Murray, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Eddie James, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Ben Carter, 3 Dillon Lewis, 2 Dewi Lake (c), 1 Rhys Carre.
Bench: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Ben Warren, 19 Taine Plumtree, 20 James Botham, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Sam Costelow, 23 Ellis Mee.
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