RECAP: Wales v Scotland

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our coverage of the Six Nations Round Five match between Wales and Scotland in Llanelli.

Saturday’s opening Six Nations Round Five fixture between Wales and Scotland may have no bearing on the title but is not without significance.

The Scots are eyeing a third victory this tournament and a first win on Welsh soil since 2002.

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Teams:

Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Liam Williams, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Owen Watkin, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 James Davies, 6 Shane Lewis-Hughes, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (captain), 4 Will Rowlands, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Rhys Carre.

Replacements: 16 Sam Parry, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Dillon Lewis, 19 Cory Hill, 20 Aaron Wainwright, 21 Lloyd Williams, 22 Rhys Patchell, 23 Nick Tompkins.

Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg (captain), 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Chris Harris, 12 James Lang, 11 Blair Kinghorn, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ali Price, 8 Blade Thomson, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Zander Fagerson, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Rory Sutherland.

Replacements: 16 Stuart McInally, 17 Oliver Kebble, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Ben Toolis, 20 Cornell du Preez, 21 Scott Steele, 22 Adam Hastings, 23 Duhan van der Merwe.

Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)

Assistant referees: Mathieu Raynal (France), Christophe Ridley (England)

TMO: Tom Foley (England)