Davies and Moriarty to start for Wales in France showdown

Gareth Davies and Ross Moriarty have been restored to the Wales starting line-up for the Six Nations encounter with France on Saturday.

Scrum-half Davies is preferred to Tomos Williams, while back-row Moriarty gets the nod over Aaron Wainwright for a mouth-watering battle at the Principality Stadium.

Clinical wing Josh Adams and fly-half Dan Biggar have been passed fit after recovering from hip and head injuries respectively.

Lock Will Rowlands is poised to make his debut off the bench in Cardiff, while Williams and Wainwright have also been named among the replacements by Wayne Pivac.

Defending champions Wales will be looking to consign France to a first defeat of the tournament and respond to a defeat against Ireland that dashed their hopes of winning back-to-back Grand Slams.

#WALvFRA TEAM Two changes to Wales’ starting XV with Gareth Davies and Ross Moriarty included Cyfle mawr i ail reng di-gap Will Rowlands o’r fainc yn erbyn Les Bleus.

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— Welsh Rugby Union (@WelshRugbyUnion) February 20, 2020

Wales: Leigh Halfpenny, George North, Nick Tompkins, Hadleigh Parkes, Josh Adams, Dan Biggar, Gareth Davies; Wyn Jones, Ken Owens, Dillon Lewis, Jake Ball, Alun Wyn Jones (captain, Ross Moriarty, Justin Tipuric, Taulupe Faletau.

Replacements: Ryan Elias, Rob Evans, Leon Brown, Will Rowlands, Aaron Wainwright, Tomos Williams, Jarrod Evans, Johnny McNicholl.

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