Wales Team Announcement: Biggar and Davies to raise the bat

Wales senior men’s head coach Wayne Pivac has named his team to face Scotland at a sold out Principality Stadium in their first home game of the 2022 Six Nations on Saturday 12 February.

ac Morgan will win his first senior international cap for Wales having been selected at open-side flanker. He joins Taine Basham, who follows up his try-scoring Six Nations debut with a move to blind side, and Ross Moriarty, who returns to the starting line up at number 8 having won his 50th cap as a replacement in Dublin, in the back row.

Owen Watkin, whose last start for Wales was against Scotland in last year’s Championship, is named at outside centre. Nick Tompkins partners Watkin in the Wales midfield. Josh Adams is ruled out due to a tight calf.

Alex Cuthbert is selected on the wing and will make his first Six Nations appearance since 2017. Louis Rees-Zammit (wing) and Liam Williams (fullback) complete Wales’ back three.

Captain and outside half Dan Biggar will lead out Wales for the first time in front of a home crowd on what will be his 100th international appearance (96 Wales and 3 Lions), Jonathan Davies would also join the 100 Test caps club (93 Wales and 6 Lions) when taking to the field as a replacement this weekend.

Tomos Williams continues at scrum half. The front five also remains unchanged.