
France vs Wales teams: Tomas Williams starts at scrum-half with Josh Navidi and Ross Moriarty passed fit
The IndependentSign up to our free sport newsletter for all the latest news on everything from cycling to boxing Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news Sign up to our free sport email for all the latest news SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. We have a great deal of experience across the team and on the bench and we want to kick things off well on Friday.” Gatland makes one other change to the team that finished the autumn internationals with a win over South Africa as Rob Evans starts at loosehead prop in place of Nicky Smith, while Northampton Saints fly-half Dan Biggar is named on the bench alongside Davies as well as Aaron Wainright, who is unlucky to miss out on the starting line-up after his impressive form for Dragons of late. Tomos Williams starts at scrum-half for Wales in their Six Nations opener against France France head coach Jacques Brunel has handed a first call-up for 19-year-old Toulouse centre Romain Ntamack, who follows in the footsteps of his father Emilie, the former Les Bleus wing who won 46 caps for his country in the 1990s. Teams France: Maxime Medard; Damian Penaud, Wesley Fofana, Romain Ntamack, Yoann Huget; Camille Lopez, Morgan Parra; Jefferson Poirot, Guilhem Guirado, Uini Atonio; Sebastien Vahaamahina, Paul Willemse; Wenceslas Lauret, Arthur Iturria, Louis Picamoles. Wales: Liam Williams; George North, Jonathan Davies, Hadleigh Parkes, Josh Adams; Gareth Anscombe, Tomos Williams; Rob Evans, Ken Owens, Tomas Francis; Adam Beard, Alun Wyn Jones; Josh Navidi, Justin Tipuric, Ross Moriarty.
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