WALES U21’S ANNOUNCE LINEUP

Ten of the squad are already capped from last season’s matches with Matthew Jones reclaiming the No 10 jersey in a side captained by No 8 Jonathan Mills. Wing Aled Brew follows in the footsteps of brother Nathan – who went on to win a senior cap – while there are two new faces on the replacements bench in Cardiff prop Phillip Osborne and Penzance scrum half Rhodri McAtee.

Wales finished sixth in last summer’s World Cup, losing twice to England in Glasgow, 23-14 and 26-19, as well as going down 22-19 in a Six Nations thriller at Gloucester last season.

Wales under 21: Ricky Williams (Newport); Aled Brew (Ospreys/Neath), Andrew Bishop (Neath), Gavin Evans (Scarlets/Llanelli), Chris Czekaj (Cardiff); Matthew Jones (Ospreys), Wayne Evans (Carmarthen Quins); Scott Roberts (Bridgend), Duane Goodfield (Pontypridd), Cai Griffiths (Neath/Ospreys), Alun Wyn-Jones (Swansea), Ian Evans (Neath), Chris Davies (Bridgend),  Rhys Shellard (Pontypridd), Jonathan Mills (Scarlets, captain)

Replacements: Rhys James (UWIC), Ross Davies (Newbridge), Phillip Osborne (Cardiff), James Merriman (Hartpury Coll/Gloucester), Tom Smith (Neath), Aled Thomas (Carmarthen Quins), Rhodri McAtee (Penzance)