LONDON – Wales Coach Warren Gatland has thought outside the box for the selection of his team to take on the Wallabies at Twickenham on Saturday afternoon.
Surprisingly, Gatland has a fully fit team to choose from which is something he hasn’t had since the start of the tournament three weeks ago.
In a team that looks decidedly different to the one that took on Fiji in their last outing, New Zealand born Gareth Anscombe slots in at fullback with Liam Williams and Alex Cuthbert on the wings. In a surprise move, George North moves to centre, the position that he finished at in their win over England almost a fortnight ago.
Up front, Samson Lee and Paul James come into the side while lock Jake Ball comes onto the bench. Dan Lydiate misses out despite being fit as Gatland seemingly wants his staunch back rower fit for the quarter final which they have already qualified for.
Wales team to play Australia
1 Paul James
2 Scott Baldwin
3 Samson Lee
4 Luke Charteris
5 Alun Wyn Jones
6 Sam Warburton (c)
7 Justin Tipuric
8 Taulupe Faletau
9 Gareth Davies
10 Dan Biggar
11 Liam Williams
12 Jamie Roberts
13 George North
14 Alex Cuthbert
15 Gareth Anscombe
Reserves
16 Ken Owens 17 Aaron Jarvis 18 Tomas Francis 19 Jake Ball 20 Ross Moriarty 21 Lloyd Williams 22 Rhys Priestland 23 James Hook
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