Wales name two changes for England clash

Thursday, 13 March 2025 14:47

By Gareth Joy X @lookoutwales2

WRU / Huw Evans Picture Agency

Wales have named for their two changes to face England in their final game of another turbulent Six Nations tournament.

Caretaker coach Matt Sherratt has handed a first professional start for Scarlets centre Joe Roberts in place of the injured Tom Rogers.

Dragons number eight Aaron Wainwright is favoured in the back row over Tommy Reffell who drops to the replacements bench.

For the second game running, Evan Lloyd misses out entirely, having started in the defeats against France and Italy - in what turned out to be Warren Gatland's final games as head coach.

His Cardiff boss Sherratt dropped the Penarth-born hooker to the replacements bench for the defeat against Ireland in Cardiff.

But the earlier-than-anticipated return of Ospreys' Dewi Lake from injury has seen Lloyd fall out of the pecking order, with the captain again being given a place on the bench.

At stake for Wales is one final chance to end a 16-game barren run in Test rugby before the summer tour to Japan - against an England side still in contention with being crowned Six Nations champions on Super Saturday.

Sherratt, who will return to his day job with Cardiff after the championship, said: "Wales-England is always a special occasion and we know it will be an incredible atmosphere at Principality Stadium."

"We’re excited to finish our campaign at home and are looking to put in our best performance on pitch on Saturday."

Wales XV to face England: Blair Murray, Ellis Mee, Max Llewellyn, Ben Thomas, Joe Roberts, Gareth Anscombe, Tomos Williams; Nicky Smith, Elliot Dee, WillGruff John, Will Rowlands, Dafydd Jenkins, Aaron Wainwright, Jac Morgan (capt), Taulupe Faletau
Replacements: Dewi Lake, Gareth Thomas, Keiron Assiratti, Teddy Williams, Tommy Reffell, Rhodri Williams, Jarrod Evans, Nick Tompkins

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