Cardiff full back Rhys Williams' rollercoaster season continued yesterday when he regained the Wales number 15 jersey for next Saturday's Six Nations Championship match against France in Paris. This is the only change made by Wales.
Williams answered a late SOS to replace the injured Stephen Jones in Scotland three weeks ago.
But Jones was then recalled for the Millennium Stadium game against Ireland, a match subsequently postponed because of the foot-and-mouth crisis.
London Irish have confirmed they will undertake a coaching reshuffle, fuelling speculation that director of rugby Dick Best will be leaving the club at the end of the season. The club stated financial reasons for the reshuffle with former player Brendan Venter expected to replace the ex-British Lions and England coach.
WALES: R Williams (Cardiff); G Thomas (Cardiff), M Taylor (Swansea), S Gibbs (Swansea), D James (Llanelli); N Jenkins (Cardiff), R Howley (Cardiff); D Morris (Swansea), R McBryde (Llanelli), D Young (Cardiff, capt), I Gough (Newport), A Moore (Swansea), C Charvis (Swansea), M Williams (Cardiff), S Quinnell (Llanelli). Replacements: A Lewis (Cardiff), C Anthony (Swansea), C Quinnell (Cardiff), G Lewis (Pontypridd), G Cooper (Bath), S Jones (Llanelli), A Bateman (Northampton)
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