Rugby-Winnett debuts at fullback for Wales against Scotland

Josh Adams and Rio Dyer are on the wings with Louis Rees-Zammit having left rugby to try his hand at American Football, with Nick Tompkins and Owen Watkin the centre pairing. Gareth Davies gets the nod at scrumhalf in a line-up that features Wales' second youngest captain ever, 21-year-old lock Dafydd Jenkins, with only Gareth Edwards ahead of him on the list.


Reuters | Updated: 01-02-2024 17:58 IST | Created: 01-02-2024 17:58 IST
Rugby-Winnett debuts at fullback for Wales against Scotland

Cameron Winnett will make his debut at fullback and Sam Costelow has been preferred at flyhalf in the Wales side to face Scotland in their Six Nations Championship opener in Cardiff on Saturday. Josh Adams and Rio Dyer are on the wings with Louis Rees-Zammit having left rugby to try his hand at American Football, with Nick Tompkins and Owen Watkin the centre pairing.

Gareth Davies gets the nod at scrumhalf in a line-up that features Wales' second youngest captain ever, 21-year-old lock Dafydd Jenkins, with only Gareth Edwards ahead of him on the list. Jenkins is in the second row with Adam Beard, and ahead of them are props Corey Domachowski and Leon Brown, with Ryan Elias at hooker. The back row is made up of number eight Aaron Wainwright, and flankers James Botham and Tommy Reffell.

Wales team: 15-Cameron Winnett, 14-Josh Adams, 13-Owen Watkin, 12-Nick Tompkins 11-Rio Dyer, 10-Sam Costelow, 9-Gareth Davies; 1-Corey Domachowski, 2-Ryan Elias, 3-Leon Brown, 4-Adam Beard, 5-Dafydd Jenkins (captain), 6-James Botham, 7-Tommy Reffell, 8-Aaron Wainwright Replacements: 16-Elliot Dee, 17-Kemsley Mathias, 18-Keiron Assiratti, 19-Teddy Williams, 20-Alex Mann, 21-Tomos Williams, 22-Ioan Lloyd 23-Mason Grady,

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