Wales have wielded the axe with nine changes to their side for the Six Nations showdown with England on Saturday, including a start for Owen Williams ahead of Dan Biggar at flyhalf as coach Warren Gatland desperately seeks a winning formula.The match had been under threat this week as Welsh players mulled
Wales have wielded the axe with nine changes to their side for the Six Nations showdown with England on Saturday, including a start for Owen Williams ahead of Dan Biggar at flyhalf as coach Warren Gatland desperately seeks a winning formula.
It will be a first international start for Williams at flyhalf having previously played centre as Gatland also called on the cavalry with the return of a number of senior players, including number eight Taulupe Faletau, loose-forward Justin Tipuric, lock Alun Wyn Jones and fullback Leigh Halfpenny. Halfpenny earns a first start in almost two years having been named, and then withdrawn due to injury, a number of times in recent months, while fit-again wing Louis Rees-Zammit is back in the starting team in the place of Rio Dyer. Josh Adams is the other wing.
"There’s some experience coming back into the side and then we’re mixing that with giving players an opportunity. Owen Williams coming in at 10 – we need to find out about that 10 position so Owen gets a chance," Gatland said in a media release from Welsh Rugby.
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