Injury rules out Leigh Halfpenny

Editor

Wales have suffered a blow ahead of their Six Nations game against England at Twickenham after Leigh Halfpenny was ruled out.

Halpenny is sidelined with a foot infection and is replaced in the starting XV by Gareth Anscombe, with Owen Watkin coming onto the bench.

Rhys Patchell is expected to take over the goal-kicking from his Scarlets team-mate, who scored 24 points last weekend against Scotland.

Wales (revised): 15 Gareth Anscombe, 14 Josh Adams, 13 Scott Williams, 12 Hadleigh Parkes, 11 Steff Evans, 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Gareth Davies, 8 Ross Moriarty, 7 Josh Navidi, 6 Aaron Shingler, 5 Alun Wyn Jones (c), 4 Cory Hill, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Ken Owens, 1 Rob Evans
Replacements: 16 Elliot Dee, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Bradley Davies, 20 Justin Tipuric, 21 Aled Davies, 22 Owen Watkin, 23 George North

Date: Saturday, February 10
Venue: Twickenham
Kick-off: 16:45 GMT
Referee: Jérôme Garcès (France)
Assistant referees: George Clancy (Ireland), Nic Berry (Australia)
TMO: Glenn Newman (New Zealand)