Dragons lock Luke Charteris has been named on the bench for the clash with USA Eagles at Toyota Park, Chicago, on Saturday (Kick-off 1pm, local time.)
Robin McBryde has made five changes to the starting line-up of his touring Wales side which recorded a 32-23 victory over Canada last week
A new half-back pairing of Dwayne Peel and Nicky Robinson will start Wales' 600th international rugby match with Gareth Cooper and Daniel Biggar reverting to the bench.
Fit again Mark Jones replaces Chris Czekaj on the wing with McBryde keeping faith with the rest of the youthful backline which created so many chances against the Canucks.
With injury forcing Bradley Davies out of contention Ian Gough comes into the second row and Gareth Williams is preferred to Richard Hibbard at hooker with the back row remaining unchanged.
From the bench Sam Warburton could become Wales' 1,070th international and Luke, who flew into Chicago on Sunday night as a replacement for Davies, provides second row cover. Jonathan Spratt and Craig Mitchell also figure as replacements and could each win their second international caps.
"We know we have another level in us and want to step up the intensity and improve on the performance from last week, said McBryde..
"We have an opportunity to finish the season on a high by producing the kind of rugby we know we are capable of against USA on Saturday and we are both determined to perform and focussed on the task ahead."
WALES: Daniel Evans; Mark Jones, Jonathan Davies, Andrew Bishop, Tom James; Nicky Robinson, Dwayne Peel; Duncan Jones, Gareth Williams, John Yapp, Ian Gough, Deiniol Jones, Dafydd Jones, Robin Sowden-Taylor, Ryan Jones
REPLACEMENTS: Richard Hibbard, Craig Mitchell, Luke Charteris, Sam Warburton, Gareth Cooper, Daniel Biggar, Jonathan Spratt
Robin McBryde has made five changes to the starting line-up of his touring Wales side which recorded a 32-23 victory over Canada last week
A new half-back pairing of Dwayne Peel and Nicky Robinson will start Wales' 600th international rugby match with Gareth Cooper and Daniel Biggar reverting to the bench.
Fit again Mark Jones replaces Chris Czekaj on the wing with McBryde keeping faith with the rest of the youthful backline which created so many chances against the Canucks.
With injury forcing Bradley Davies out of contention Ian Gough comes into the second row and Gareth Williams is preferred to Richard Hibbard at hooker with the back row remaining unchanged.
From the bench Sam Warburton could become Wales' 1,070th international and Luke, who flew into Chicago on Sunday night as a replacement for Davies, provides second row cover. Jonathan Spratt and Craig Mitchell also figure as replacements and could each win their second international caps.
"We know we have another level in us and want to step up the intensity and improve on the performance from last week, said McBryde..
"We have an opportunity to finish the season on a high by producing the kind of rugby we know we are capable of against USA on Saturday and we are both determined to perform and focussed on the task ahead."
WALES: Daniel Evans; Mark Jones, Jonathan Davies, Andrew Bishop, Tom James; Nicky Robinson, Dwayne Peel; Duncan Jones, Gareth Williams, John Yapp, Ian Gough, Deiniol Jones, Dafydd Jones, Robin Sowden-Taylor, Ryan Jones
REPLACEMENTS: Richard Hibbard, Craig Mitchell, Luke Charteris, Sam Warburton, Gareth Cooper, Daniel Biggar, Jonathan Spratt
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