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<\/p>\nHaving beaten Georgia in their opening World Junior Championship match, Richard Whiffin has made a number of changes to his U20s side<\/p>\n
Tom Bowen celebrates last year’s win over England U20s(Image: Chris Fairweather\/Huw Evans Agency)<\/p>\n
Wales U20s have made wholesale changes for their second World Rugby Junior Championship pool match against Uruguay in Tblisi on Thursday – although Cardiff’s Tom Bowen starts after being cleared to play following his red card on the weekend.<\/p>\n
The 20-year-old was dismissed in the latter stages of the dramatic 25-24 victory<\/a> over tournament hosts Georgia on Saturday. Bowen had been sin-binned in the first-half for a high tackle, before picking up a second yellow in the final minutes after repeated infringements.<\/p>\n Following a disciplinary committee hearing on Sunday, it was decided that the red card was the only punishment Bowen would face – freeing him up to play Uruguay this week.<\/p>\n The Cardiff<\/a> flyer is the only starter who remains in Richard Whiffin’s backline, as the Wales coach makes a number of changes to his side.<\/p>\n In the pack, captain Deian Gwynne is the only Welsh forward to keep his place.<\/p>\n Bristol’s Cai Gealy, Dragons Brogan Leary and Ospreys<\/a> Jack Hoskins are all in line for their first caps.<\/p>\n JOIN OUR WALES RUGBY FACEBOOK PAGE Latest news, analysis and much more<\/a><\/p>\n With only the pool winners going through to the semi-finals, Wales are in line for a winner-takes-all clash with South Africa in their final pool match – providing the much-changed side gets past Uruguay later this week.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was satisfying to get a win in our opening pool game against Georgia, the first time Wales had won their opening game since 2019, so it sets us up nicely for the tournament,\u201d said Whiffin.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve freshened the squad up to give other players an opportunity so hopefully everyone has had a crack in the tournament after the two opening games.<\/p>\n \u2018We had a few sore bodies after the physical encounter against Georgia, but the boys have recovered well.<\/p>\n \u201cThe boys are excited to get going against Uruguay as they are an opponent we don\u2019t come across very often so that provides a unique challenge in itself. They will be smarting after a heavy defeat to defending champions South Africa in their opening pool match.<\/p>\n \u201cAs always though we won\u2019t be taking anything for granted and will go into the match determined to put in a good performance. If we do that, then the result should take care of itself.”<\/p>\n The match kicks off at Avchala Stadium in Tbilisi at 10am on Thursday.<\/p>\n Wales U20s: Tom Bowen (Cardiff Rugby); Dylan Scott (Cardiff Met), Bailey Cutts (Cardiff Rugby), Jack Hoskins (Ospreys), Brogan Leary (Dragons RFC); Lloyd Lucas (Cardiff Rugby), Cai Gealy (Bristol Bears); Dylan James (Ospreys), Oscar Thomas (Bath Rugby), Yestyn Cook (Scarlets<\/a>), Luke Evans (Exeter Chiefs), Osian Williams (Bristol Bears), Deian Gwynne (Capt – Gloucester Rugby), Sam Morgan (Ospreys), Alex Ridgway (Bath Rugby).<\/p>\n Replacements: James Talamai (Dragons RFC), George Tuckley (Dragons RFC), \u2060Isaac Godfrey (Exeter Chiefs), Tom Cottle (Cardiff Rugby), Evan Minto (Dragons RFC), Si\u00f4n Davies (Cardiff Rugby), Carwyn Leggatt-Jones (Scarlets), Steff Emanuel (Cardiff Rugby).<\/p>\n Follow all of our channels to ensure you stay up to date with the latest Welsh rugby news. Sign up to our free daily newsletter here<\/a> and our WhatsApp channel here<\/a> for all the breaking news.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Having beaten Georgia in their opening World Junior Championship match, Richard Whiffin has made a number of changes…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55,13685],"class_list":["post-666131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-wales-under-20"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}