Wales aim to cap 2026 revival with Japan double

The fact that Lynn has boldly made five starting changes shows the strength in depth he has built in the squad during his 18 months in charge.Bethan Lewis, Gwenllian Pyrs, Lleucu George, Gwen Crabb and Courtney Keight - who have a combined 248 Test caps - are all back in the XV having impressed off the bench last weekend."Certain individuals went really well, they deserve those starts," said Lynn."Gwenllian Pyrs, the way she tightened up that scrum in the second half was really pleasing for us. Gwen Crabb and Bethan Lewis are very good set piece operators."And then Lleucu George, some of her territorial game was good, but also her passing game was exciting."Keight comes in for the injured Freya Bell, one of the youngsters to have impressed since stepping up to senior level earlier this year.Co-captain Alex Callender moves to number eight as the one positional switch. Japan: Imakugi; Tsunokawa, Langford, Kataoka, Havili Kagawa; Harada, Tsukui; Komaki, Nagaoka, Kitano, Kawamura, Sato, Asari, Jennifer, Bodman, Replacements: Kuge, Mine, Fuji, M Nishimura, Korai, Seo, Ito, S NishimuraWales: Neumann; N Metcalfe, Cox, Keight, A Williams; George, Lockwood, Pyrs, K Jones, Tuipulotu, B Metcalfe, Crabb, K Williams (co-capt), Lewis, Callender (co-capt).Replacements: Reardon, Davies, E Jones, Aiono, Evans, King, Bevan, De Vera.Referee: Julianne Zussman (RC)Assistants: Sunny Lee (HKCR), Hibiki Ikeda (JRFU)TMO: Matt Rodden (HKCR)FPRO: Koki Yamauchi (JRFU)