Wales vs Scotland – Six Nations 2024: Warren Gatland fields inexperienced team against Scots – stream, TV
SCOTLAND play their Six Nations opener in the Welsh capital where they have not won in 22 years.
And they will field an inexperienced team to face the Scots, who were in contention to win last year’s title before they fell away.
PALouis Rees-Zammit won’t be in action for Wales at the Six Nations[/caption]
After the retirement of Leigh Halfpenny from internationals and Liam Williams’ move to Japan, uncapped Cameron Winnett starts at full back.
The Welsh squad is peppered with absences, notably the talented Louis Rees-Zammit who shocked the rugby world by announcing that he would be leaving the squad to pursue a career in NFL.
The 22-year-old released a statement on social media saying: ”I can confirm that I will be joining the NFL’s International Player Pathway program (IPP) in pursuit of earning a spot on an NFL roster in the United States for 2024.”
After this bombshell, Wales’ head coach Warren Gatland has been forced to branch out, drafting in five uncapped players and appointing 21-year-old Dafydd Jenkins, who towers at a whopping 6ft 7in, as captain.
George North is also out injured, but is expected to be fit to face England next weekend.
Despite his depleted team, Gatland will be hoping for an improvement on last year’s tournament, where Wales only won one game.
And Scotland are also heading into the match with a weakened squad after second-row Grant Gilchrist was suspended following two dangerous tackles at Scarlets.
When is Scotland vs Wales?
Scotland vs Wales will take place on Saturday, February 3.
The match will get underway at 4.45pm GMT.
The Principality Stadium, Cardiff hosts the test match.
What TV channel is Scotland vs Wales on and can it be live streamed FREE?
Scotland vs Wales will be broadcast live on ITV1.
You can live stream the match for FREE via the ITVX app/website.
Alternatively, you can follow SunSport’s live blog to keep up to date with all the action.
Teams
Wales
Backs: 15 Cameron Winnett, 14 Josh Adams, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Gareth Davies.
Forwards: 1 Corey Domachowski, 2 Ryan Elias, 3 Leon Brown, 4 Dafydd Jenkins, 5 Adam Beard, 6 James Botham, 7 Tommy Reffell, 8 Aaron Wainwright.
Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Kemsley Mathias, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 Teddy Williams, 20 Alex Mann, 21 Tomos Williams, 22 Ioan Lloyd, 23 Mason Grady.
Scotland
Backs: 15 Kyle Rowe, 14 Kyle Steyn, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Sione Tuipulotu, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Finn Russell (capt) 9 Ben White.
Forwards: 1 Matt Fagerson, 2 Jamie Ritchie, 3 Luke Crosbie, 4 Scott Cummings, 5 Richie Gray, 6 Zander Fagerson, 7 George Turner, 8 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Elliot Millar-Mills, 19 Sam Skinner, 20 Jack Dempsey, 21 George Horne, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Cameron Redpath.
All Six Nations 2024 fixtures – dates, kick-off times and TV channels
What are the odds?
Match result
Wales 13/8
Draw 20/1
Scotland 8/15
*Odds courtesy of Ladbrokes and are correct at the time of publication.
