Tuesday 5 March 2019 16:37, UK
Wales head coach Warren Gatland has made one change to his starting line-up for Saturday's Six Nations match against Scotland at Murrayfield.
Ospreys lock Adam Beard replaces Cory Hill, who will miss the rest of the tournament after suffering an ankle injury during Wales' 21-13 victory over England, with Jake Ball taking Beard's place on the bench.
Gareth Anscombe continues at fly-half, despite Dan Biggar impressing when introduced against England, while Leigh Halfpenny is not included in the matchday 23 despite making his comeback from concussion issues for the Scarlets last weekend.
Gatland has retained Ospreys centre Owen Watkin as the outside back on replacement duty.
Wales are chasing a 13th successive victory that will keep their Six Nations Grand Slam bid on track but they were beaten on their last visit to Murrayfield in 2017.
Gatland was happy to keep changes to a minimum as he said: "It was a fairly straightforward selection. After that performance against England, they deserved the opportunity to back up.
"I think Leigh is still getting some games under his belt and getting some confidence back. He was good last weekend.
"It's a little bit unfair on Owen Watkin to leave him out as he's been doing a good job for us. It was a very simple selection meeting, in terms of not a lot of discussion around selection.
"We've picked the same team apart from the two enforced changes. We didn't talk about other players potentially coming in."
Wales: 15 Liam Williams, 14 George North, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Hadleigh Parkes, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Gareth Davies; 1 Rob Evans, 2 Ken Owens, 3 Tomas Francis, 4 Adam Beard, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 6 Josh Navidi, 7 Justin Tipuric, 8 Ross Moriarty.
Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Jake Ball, 20 Aaron Wainwright, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Dan Biggar, 23 Owen Watkin.
