Wales kick off the second stage of their Nations Championship campaign this afternoon against Japan in Cardiff.
Steve Tandy's men began the tournament back in the summer with a win over Fiji, followed by defeats to Argentina and South Africa. The objective today will be to return to winning ways, with a sense of positivity permeating through this Wales squad.
Team Changes and Kick-off Details
Tandy has decided to go with a new midfield combination today, with Eddie James and Max Llewellyn paired at centre, with Scarlets' fly-half Sam Costelow given the nod over Dan Edwards.
The game is being shown live on ITV1 and S4C. Kick-off is at 4.40pm.
Line-ups
Wales: 15 Blair Murray, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Eddie James, 12 Max Llewellyn, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Ben Carter, 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 3 Archie Griffin, 2 Dewi Lake (c), 1 Nicky Smith.
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Rhys Carré, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Teddy Williams, 20 James Botham, 21 Reuben Morgan-Williams, 22 Dan Edwards, 23 Louie Hennessey.
Japan: 15 Kazuma Ueda, 14 Kippei Ishida, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Samisoni Tua, 11 Inoke Burua, 10 Riku Kitahara, 9 Naoto Saito, 8 Jack Cornelsen, 7 Kanji Shimokawa, 6 Ben Gunter, 5 Warner Dearns, 4 Harry Hockings, 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Mamoru Harada, 1 Yota Kamimori.
Replacements: 16 Kenji Sato, 17 Sojiro Otsuka, 18 Opeti Helu, 19 Michael Stolberg, 20 Tiennan Costley, 21 Kenta Fukuda, 22 Shinya Komura, 23 Jisu Lee.
