Rob Evans and Tomas Francis come into Wales side to face England

Wales’ Six Nations match with England on Saturday will be played in open-air, after the away side chose to play the match without the use of the Principality Stadium roof.

An early penalty exchange between Wales’s Leigh Halfpenny and Owen Farrell left the scores tied at 3-3 before England’s Elliot Daly missed a long-range effort. “The flip side of that assessment is that an England win would be a significant achievement”.

Jones has made two alterations to his side – flanker Jack Clifford and wing Jack Nowell replacing Tom Wood and Jonny May – while Rob Howley has swapped props Nicky Smith and Samson Lee for Rob Evans and Tomas Francis.

Whichever combination Wales field, though, they face a huge task against an England team now ranked second in the world and chasing a fourth successive Six Nations victory over their arch-rivals.

Asked about the “petrified” claim, Edwards said: “I think that is just another way of Eddie throwing down a challenge to his players”.

Wales are hoping to prevent defending champions England from extending their winning run to 16 matches.

England chief Eddie Jones revealed he reacted to the scrappy win over France by giving his side a CUDDLE! “These are the games you want to be part of as a player and a coach”, the former Australia and Japan boss added.

“You get a lot of stick but that’s the way it should be”.

“He has got a good record against Wales, he had a superb game against them in May, he knows what he is going to expect from Wales and we’re looking forward to him making an impact to our back-row play”.

After narrow wins over France and Wales, Jones is determined to see England play more ruthlessly against Italy, who will come to London on the back of a 63-10 defeat at home against Ireland. “When the opportunity came, they took it”.

“We had a few guys going into the game who weren’t absolutely 100 per cent”.

France’s subsequent performance against England means that while I still have to be with the Scots on that handicap line, my bet will now resemble more one of those cheap, small-fish foot massage/nibbles at dodgy Spanish resorts rather than a Jaws-like chunk of Robert Shaw.

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“We have had a short turnaround, but Dan and George have worked hard with the medics and we are pleased to be able to name them”.