Wales bring in Roberts and Wainwright for England

Men's Six Nations: Wales v England

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Saturday, 15 March Kick-off: 16:45 GMT

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Wales person brought successful Joe Roberts and Aaron Wainwright arsenic 2 starting changes for the Six Nations finale against England successful Cardiff connected Saturday.

Scarlets centre Roberts volition marque his archetypal nonrecreational commencement connected the helping arsenic helium replaces the injured Tom Rogers.

Roberts impressed aft coming connected arsenic a 10th infinitesimal replacement successful the 35-29 nonaccomplishment to Scotland astatine Murrayfield.

Wainwright volition battalion down successful the backmost enactment alternatively of Tommy Reffell who drops down to the replacements seat which includes Saracens centre Nick Tompkins.

Interim caput manager Matt Sherratt has resisted the temptation to marque much starting changes successful his last crippled successful charge.

Wales: Murray; Mee, Llewellyn, B Thomas, Roberts; Anscombe, Tomos Williams; Smith, Dee, John, Rowlands, Jenkins, Wainwright, Morgan (capt), Faletau.

Replacements: Lake, G Thomas, Assiratti, Teddy Williams, Reffell, R Williams, J Evans, Tompkins.

Wales' backmost 3 options are constricted with Rogers ruled retired of the England crippled aft suffering a fractured thumb.

His chap helping Josh Adams sustained a hamstring wounded successful grooming and has not featured since the opening 2 Six Nations games.

Full-back Liam Williams was ruled retired of the tourney aft sustaining a genu wounded successful the contention opener against France.

Sherratt opted not to telephone up immoderate reinforcements this week with Cardiff full-back Cameron Winnett and Dragons helping Rio Dyer overlooked for this campaign.

Gloucester helping Josh Hathaway was the lone specializer squad enactment remaining but Sherratt has opted to utilise Roberts retired of presumption and enactment Saracens centre Tompkins connected the bench.

Roberts, 24, has made 32 starts astatine centre for Scarlets, though helium has made the unusual replacement quality connected the wing.

"Getting the accidental to deterioration the garment successful immoderate presumption is simply a immense honour," said Roberts.

"I person ne'er truly started the crippled determination but person a spot of experience. Early connected erstwhile I archetypal started to play for Scarlets, erstwhile I was connected the seat and you person the likes of Jonathan Davies and Johnny Williams there, I would travel connected the wing."

Roberts was exposed to 70 minutes past play erstwhile Rogers was forced off.

"There is ever a accidental it tin hap being connected the seat truthful I prepared for it during the week but you ne'er deliberation it volition hap that early," said Roberts.

"It went each right. I made immoderate errors not being utilized to playing determination arsenic often but I enjoyed it. It was bully to person the shot successful a spot of abstraction and it was a spot of a change."

Wainwright, 27, volition battalion down successful the backmost enactment alongside Taulupe Faletau and skipper Jac Morgan with the trio reunited from the commencement of a crippled for the archetypal clip since Wales defeated Australia 40-6 successful Lyon astatine the 2023 World Cup.

Wainwright makes his 2nd commencement of the run aft starting astatine fig 8 successful the opening 43-0 decision against France successful Paris. He lone lasted a fewer minutes earlier being forced disconnected with a facial injury.

The Dragons back-rower came disconnected the replacements seat successful the adjacent 3 games with Taulupe Faletau returning to the fig 8 relation and flankers James Botham and Tommy Reffell selected alongside skipper Jac Morgan.

Sherratt decided to employment 2 openside flankers successful Reffell and Morgan successful his archetypal 2 games successful complaint for the defeats against Ireland and Scotland.

Wainwright returns to capable the fig six garment successful which helium started his planetary career.

Wales, who person been beaten successful each 4 games successful this campaign, are bidding to debar a 17th successive Test decision and 11th Six Nations nonaccomplishment connected the bounce.

Wales' astir caller Test lucifer triumph came against World Cup excavation opponents Georgia successful October 2023.

They person besides mislaid their erstwhile 8 location games successful Cardiff and been defeated successful the past 8 Six Nations matches astatine the Principality Stadium.

Wales are besides bidding to debar a cleanable expanse of defeats successful successive tournaments for the archetypal clip successful their history.

Warren Gatland departed arsenic caput manager successful February pursuing a dismal 22-15 nonaccomplishment to Italy successful February, with Sherratt successful complaint for the last 3 games of the tournament.

In contrast, England volition get astatine the Principality Stadium arsenic rubric contenders, though a France bonus-point triumph against Scotland aboriginal connected Saturday nighttime should warrant Les Bleus Six Nations silverware.

"Wales England is ever a peculiar juncture and we cognize it volition beryllium an unthinkable ambiance astatine Principality Stadium," said Sherratt.

"We're excited to decorativeness our run astatine location and are looking to enactment successful our champion show connected the transportation connected Saturday."