Wales prepare front-five passing game for opening match against Scotland

Coach Robert Howley has decided to put the emphasis on an offloading approach when his side greet the Scots in CardiffRobert Howley will put a close friendship on hold in the first week of the Six Nations as Wales, who finished fifth last season after losing three matches for only the second time in 10 years, prepare for Scotland in Cardiff.Howley got to know the Scotland head coach, Gregor Townsend, who will be taking charge of his first match in the championship after succeeding Vern Cotter last summer, during the 1997 Lions tour to South Africa. They should have been half-back partners in t…