As well as aiming for a first clean-sweep in the campaign following wins over South African Schools and England, Geraint Lewis’ squad will be hoping to make amends for their 46-34 defeat in Lyon on 19 March.
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That was their first outing of the year and since then they have beaten England twice, Scotland, Canada and South Africa. Their only defeat since then was a 38-36 reverse to Ireland at Parc y Scarlets.
Dylan Moss, Tomi Lewis, Harri Morgan. Will Griffiths, Dan Davis and skipper for the day Lennon Greggains all started in the game in France, while Morgan Nelson, Jordan Walters, Rhys Davies, Lewis Ellis-Jones, Joe Miles and Cai Evans all came off the bench.
Dragons back row man Greggains, the two try hero in the 30-28 win over the young Springboks, takes over the captaincy from Tom Reffell, who was in charge for the opening two fixtures. He is joned in the back row by fellow Dragon Taine Basham and Dan Davis.
Ospreys duo Cai Evans and Harri Morgan return at half-back, while Tomi Lewis, a try scorer in the 14-12 win over England, moves to the right wing to allow Dylan Moss to return in the No 15 jersey. The rotation process has been continued by head coach Lewis.
He made five changes to the starting XV for the game against England and has made a further 11 changes to the side to meet the French from Tuesday’s triumph over the English team. The French lost 24-8 to England in their opening match, but recovered to beat the South African Schools side 13-8 earlier in the week with tries from Alban Roussel and Maxence Lemardelet.
Wales Under 18: Dylan Moss (Ospreys); Tomi Lewis (Scarlets), Tom Hoppe (Dragons), Scott Lloyd (Scarlets), Dewi Cross (Ospreys); Cai Evans (Ospreys), Harri Morgan (Ospreys); Joshua Reynolds (Dragons), Will Griffiths (Dragons), Ben Warren (Blues), Joe Miles (Blues), Lewis Ellis-Jones (Scarlets), Lennon Greggains (Dragons, Captain), Dan Davis (Scarlets), Taine Basham (Dragons)
Replacements: Morgan Nelson (Gloucester), Jordan Walters (Ospreys), Rhys Davies (Scarlets), Kemsley Mathias (Scarlets), Morgan Jones (Scarlets), Ben Fry (Hartpury College), Tom Reffell (Leicester Tigers), Callum Morris (Scarlets), Ben Thomas (Blues), Callum Carson (Ospreys), Joe Roberts (Scarlets), Tom Rogers (Scarlets)
