Wales Change Six for Pumas

Wales have made six changes for Los Pumas. Acting Head Coach Rob Howley has Alun Wyn Jones, Sam Warburton, Liam Williams and Jonathan Davies all available again. They are all to start as are Gareth Davies and Tomas Francis.

Despite the return of Warburton Gethin Jenkins will retain the captaincy. The Cardiff Blues Loose-Head prop will make history by earning hids 133rd cap. No front-rower has played as many matches at test level. Jenkins has 127 caps for Wales and 5 for the British & Irish Lions.

Warburton will be one of two starting openside flankers. Both he and Justin Tupuric will look to give Wales wuick-ball and counter the Pumas structured play.

Jenkins is to join Ken Owens and Tomas Francis in the front-row. Francis comes in for Samson Lee who is to be a replacement Tight-Head. Behind them Alun Wyn Jones is back to join Luke Charteris in the second-row.

A fit-again Liam Willaims is the one change to the back-three. He will join George North and Leigh Halfpenny, the latter retained at fullback. Changes to the mid-field from the side that lost to Australia see Scott Williams move to inside center and Jonathan Davies playing outside him. Gareth Davies comes in to replace the injured Rhys Webb at scrum half.

WALES
15 Leigh Halfpenny (Toulon, France), 14 George North (Northampton, England), 13 Jonathan Davies (Scarlets), 12 Scott Williams (Scarlets), 11 Liam Williams (Scarlets), 10 Dan Biggar (Ospreys), 9 Gareth Davies (Scarlets), 8 Ross Moriarty (Gloucester, England), 7 Justin Tupuric (Ospreys), 6 Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues), 5 Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), 4 Luke Charteris (Bath, England), 3 Tomas Francis (Exeter, England), 2 Ken Owens (Scarlets), 1 Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues)

Replacements: 16 Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), 17 Nicky Smith (Ospreys), 18 Samson Lee (Scarlets), 19 Cory Hill (Newport Gwent Dragons), 20 James King (Ospreys), 21 Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues), 22 Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues), 23 Jamie Roberts (Harlequins, England)

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