Gareth Anscombe will start at fly-half for Wales in Saturday’s Six Nations clash against England at the Principality Stadium.
Anscombe has been preferred to the more experienced Dan Biggar, with Wales head coach Warren Gatland naming a team showing just two changes from the side that beat France three weeks ago.
Dragons lock Cory Hill replaces Adam Beard as skipper Alun Wyn Jones’ second-row partner, while scrum-half Gareth Davies takes over from Tomos Williams, who was not considered due to injury.
“We are really happy with the experience we have got in the side,” said Gatland.
“We have been on the road for the first two weeks, we are looking forward to being back at home and to build on those first two wins and to build on our performance. We’ve had a great two week lead-up to this game, we’ve looked really sharp and the squad are incredibly motivated to kick on.
“We know how important this game is for the rest of the championship. It’s a massive challenge playing against an England team that is playing really well and with a lot of confidence and we’ve got to make it difficult for them on Saturday. We are looking forward to it and we know the Welsh fans are too and it’s going to be a huge weekend in the Six Nations.”
Wales team to face England: Liam Williams; George North, Jonathan Davies, Hadleigh Parkes, Josh Adams; Gareth Anscombe, Gareth Davies; Rob Evans, Ken Owens, Tomas Francis, Cory Hill, Alun Wyn Jones (C), Josh Navidi, Justin Tipuric, Ross Moriarty.
Replacements: Elliot Dee, Nicky Smith, Dillon Lewis, Adam Beard, Aaron Wainwright, Aled Davies, Dan Biggar, Owen Watkin.