Wales Under-20s head coach Richard Whiffin has named his side to face Scotland Under-20s at Boroughmuir RFC on Friday in an uncapped international (kick-off 3pm) - and he names four Dragons in the match day squad.
The match offers the players a last chance to put their hands up for selection for Wales’ World Rugby Junior World Championship squad which will be confirmed early next week.
Wales will face pool matches against hosts Georgia (Sat 27 June), Uruguay (Thurs 2nd July) and championship favourites South Africa (Tues 7th July) in Tiblisi.
James Talamai, George Tuckley and Evan Minto all start the game with Brogan Leary named on the bench.
“We’ve had a really good three weeks block where we split our focusses on unit based work alongside individual development and we were lucky in that we had the heat wave so we got three or four sessions in what will be similar conditions out in Georgia,” said Whiffin.
“The boys then had a few days off and then we came in for our second block where we trained against the senior team on Monday. Both teams obviously needed it against different opposition and it is always good to see the alignment working with the senior boys.”
Whiffin has taken the opportunity to give the likes of Ospreys back row Sam Morgan and Gloucester scrum half Cai Gealy a chance as he juggles the squad around to assess his options.
“The boys need some minutes and we need to test out some combinations for the World Cup,” he said.
“There is nothing like going out against an opposition that don’t know what you’re trying to do to get a feel on how you’re trying to work so it will be a valuable hit out.
“They [Scotland] had a game against Ireland last week so they will be into their second game and ready to go so it will be a good test for us.”
Wales U20 v Scotland, Friday 12 June, Boroughmuir RFC, KO 3pm
15 Lewis Edwards (Ospreys)
14 Dylan Scott (Cardiff Met)
13 Osian Darwin-Lewis (Cardiff Rugby)
12 Jack Hoskins (Ospreys)
11 Rhys Cummings (Cardiff Rugby)
10 Carwyn Leggatt-Jones (Scarlets)
9 Sion Davies (Cardiff Rugby)
1 George Tuckley (Dragons RFC)
2 James Talamai (Dragons RFC)
3 Jac Pritchard (Scarlets)
4 Will Evans (Scarlets)
5 Tom Cottle (Cardiff Rugby)
6 Deian Gwynne (c) (Gloucester Rugby)
7 Sam Morgan (Ospreys)
8 Evan Minto (Dragons RFC)
Replacements:
16 Oscar Thomas (Bath Rugby)
17 Dylan James (Ospreys)
18 Isaac Godfrey (Exeter Chiefs)
19 Luke Evans (Exeter Chiefs)
20 Osian Williams (Bristol) 21
Caio James (Gloucester)
22 Alex Ridgway (Bath Rugby)
23 Cai Gealy (Bristol Bears)
24 Lloyd Lucas (Cardiff Rugby)
25 Tom Bowen (Cardiff Rugby)
26 Steff Emanuel (Cardiff Rugby)
27 Bailey Cutts (Cardiff Rugby)
28 Brogan Leary (Dragons RFC)
29 George Leyland (Bristol Bears)
30 Tom Howe (Cardiff Rugby)
