{"id":27656,"date":"2018-03-15T17:04:54","date_gmt":"2018-03-15T17:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jomec.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=27656"},"modified":"2018-03-15T17:04:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-15T17:04:54","slug":"wales-announce-team-face-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2018\/03\/15\/wales-announce-team-face-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Wales announce team to face France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_27558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27558\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27558\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Wales-Italy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Wales-Italy.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Wales-Italy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Wales-Italy-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Wales-Italy-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-27558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27558\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Wales-Italy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Wales-Italy.jpg 620w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Wales-Italy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Wales-Italy-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2018\/03\/Wales-Italy-293x220.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/noscript> The Principality Stadium.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">WARREN Gatland has made seven changes to the team facing France in the Super Saturday finale of the Six Nations.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After watching from the stands as Wales defeated Italy 38-14 last weekend,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Alun Wyn Jones returns as captain in front of a sell-out crowd at the Principality Stadium.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ospreys star Dan Biggar is also back at fly-half, replacing Gareth Anscombe at number 10.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Leigh Halfpenny remains at full-back after coming on to replace the sin-binned Liam Williams in the Italy match. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite being criticised by Gatland over his yellow card, Williams retains his place in the starting XV, moving out to the left wing.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is no place in the starting line-up for late bloomer Aaron Shingler. The Scarlets flanker has shone his tournament, getting man of the match against Scotland, but remains on the bench.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instead try scorer from last weekend Justin Tipuric teams up with Blues star Josh Navidi at the back of the pack, alongside captain from last week Taulupe Faletau at number eight.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A bonus point win on Saturday would mean that Wales secure their second place position behind title winners.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wales v France kicks off at 5pm Saturday March 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en-gb\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Captain <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlunWynJones?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AlunWynJones<\/a> returns to lead Wales against <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FFRugby?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FFRugby<\/a> on Saturday <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WALvFRA?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WALvFRA<\/a><br \/>\nFull story &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zai1UbdXrf\">https:\/\/t.co\/Zai1UbdXrf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z3k8prVCOM\">pic.twitter.com\/z3k8prVCOM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Welsh Rugby Union ? (@WelshRugbyUnion) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WelshRugbyUnion\/status\/974253223950381058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">15 March 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><b>Wales:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Halfpenny; North, S Williams, Parkes, L Williams; Biggar, G Davies; R Evans, Owens, Francis, Hill, A W Jones (capt), Tipuric, Faletau, Navidi.<\/span><br \/>\n<b>Replacements:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Dee, Smith, Lee, B Davies, Shingler, A Davies, Anscombe, S Evans.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WARREN Gatland has made seven changes to the team facing France in the Super Saturday finale of the Six Nations. After watching from the stands as Wales defeated Italy 38-14 last weekend,\u00a0Alun Wyn Jones returns as captain in front of a sell-out crowd at the Principality Stadium. Ospreys star Dan Biggar is also back at fly-half, replacing Gareth Anscombe at number 10. 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