Warren Gatland has named his Wales team to play England in the 2024 Six Nations at Twickenham this weekend.
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George North returns to the Wales starting XV in what will be his 50th Six Nations appearance. He partners Nick Tompkins in the midfield.
Gatland said:
“We’ve been critical and tough on ourselves this week. That first half was nowhere near the standards we expect. We simply cannot start the same way this Saturday.
“We showed in the second half against Scotland what we are capable of. Now it’s about building on that performance and playing with some tempo from the off.
“We’ve made a few changes to the starting line-up this weekend which gives opportunities to the players coming in. We need to be accurate and keep our discipline.
“This is a massive game, not only because of the history and what it means to everyone in Wales. But it’s an opportunity to get things on track a bit more. England are in a rebuilding phase. We’ll go there with a lot of confidence we can build on that second-half and belief.”
Wales team to play England:
15 Cameron Winnett (Cardiff Rugby – 1 cap)
14 Josh Adams (Cardiff Rugby – 55 caps)
13 George North (Ospreys – 118 caps)
12 Nick Tompkins (Saracens – 33 caps)
11 Rio Dyer (Dragons – 15 caps)
10 Ioan Lloyd (Scarlets – 3 caps)
9 Tomos Williams (Cardiff Rugby – 54 caps);
1 Gareth Thomas (Ospreys – 26 caps)
2 Elliot Dee (Dragons – 47 caps)
3 Keiron Assiratti (Cardiff Rugby – 3 caps)
4 Dafydd Jenkins (Exeter Chiefs – 13 caps) Captain
5 Adam Beard (Ospreys – 52 caps)
6 Alex Mann (Cardiff Rugby / Caerdydd – 1 cap)
7 Tommy Reffell (Leicester Tigers – 14 caps)
8 Aaron Wainwright (Dragons – 44 caps)
Replacements
16 Ryan Elias (Scarlets – 39 caps)
17 Corey Domachowski (Cardiff Rugby – 7 caps)
18 Archie Griffin (Bath Rugby – uncapped)
19 Will Rowlands (Racing 92 – 29 caps)
20 Taine Basham (Dragons – 16 caps)
21 Kieran Hardy (Scarlets – 18 caps)
22 Cai Evans (Dragons – 1 cap)
23 Mason Grady (Cardiff Rugby – 7 caps)