Justin Tipuric has failed to recover from his headbutt against Georgia, so Wayne Pivac shows his confidence in James Botham by bringing the Cardiff young man to the open side for a new one with Shane Lewis-Hughes and Taulupe Faletau To finish looking back. Louis Rees-Zammit and Johnny Williams will keep their seats, as will Jake Ball, who will work with record breaker Alun Wyn Jones at Lock.
Meanwhile, Lloyd Williams at Scrum-Half, a decent technician who has obviously not come close to international standards lately, has raised eyebrows abundantly at the launch site.
Eddie Jones makes a forced replacement when George Ford returns to the starting grid after his injury. Although this would likely have happened anyway. Previous man on the series Maro Itoje continues his partnership with Joe Launchbury and it’s another 6-2 bank for England. The Mercury Jack Willis is ready to perform at some point.
Wales: Leigh Halfpenny; Louis Rees-Zammit, Nick Tompkins, Johnny Williams, and Josh Adams; Dan Biggar, Lloyd Williams; Wyn Jones, Ryan Elias, Samson Lee, Jake Ball, Alun Wyn Jones (Capt.), Shane Lewis-Hughes, James Botham and Taulupe Faletau.
replacement: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Rhys Carre, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Will Rowlands, 20 Aaron Wainwright, 21 Rhys Webb, 22 Callum Sheedy, 23 Owen Watkin.
England: Elliot Daly; Jonathan Joseph, Henry Slade, Owen Farrell, and Jonny May; George Ford, Ben Youngs; Mako Vunipola, Jamie George, Kyle Sinckler, Maro Itoje, Joe Launchbury, Tom Curry, Sam Underhill and Billy Vunipola.
replacement: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Jonny Hill, 20 Ben Earl, 21 Jack Willis, 22 Dan Robson, 23 Anthony Watson.
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