Wales coach Steve Tandy has made three changes to his starting XV to face Ireland in the Six Nations.
Wing Ellis Mee, flyhalf Dan Edwards and loose forward James Botham have all been included.
Bath centre Louie Hennessey could win his first cap after being named on the bench for Friday’s clash in Dublin.
Edwards replaces Sam Costelow, who has been sidelined by an ankle injury but should be fit to face Italy in Wales’ tournament finale next week.
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Wales are on a woeful run of 14 successive Six Nations defeats but were much improved in an agonising 26-23 loss at home to Scotland last time out.
Ireland, still in title contention after beating both Italy and England following a first-round loss to leaders France, are due to name their side later Wednesday.
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WALES – 15 Louis Rees-Zammit, 14 Ellis Mee, 13 Eddie James, 12 Joe Hawkins, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Edwards, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 James Botham, 6 Alex Mann, 5 Ben Carter, 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Dewi Lake (c), 1 Rhys Carre.
Bench: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Adam Beard, 20 Olly Cracknell, 21 Kieran Hardy, 22 Jarrod Evans, 23 Louie Hennessey.
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