BIGGAR FIT FOR WALES

Surprisingly, Dan "Lazarus" Biggar is fit to play for Wales against Scotland at the Principality Stadium (yes, the new name for the Millennium), having injured his ankle right at the start of the Ireland game last Sunday. Rhys Priestland is named on the bench as cover, so it will be interesting to see how long Biggar will last. Surely the Scottish back row will seek to test that ankle early on. Biggar and Scotland have form as Stuart Hogg was controversially sent off in this fixture a few years back, when Lazarus threw himself into the aerial contest for the ball recklessly making inevitable contact with Hogg during his (uncontrolled) descent.

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Wales name an unchanged side, with Scotland making one change at inside centre, with Matt Scott being replaced by Duncan Taylor, the Saracen, whose 6 foot 3 inch frame will be needed to repel Jamie Roberts. Sean Lamont comes onto the bench to cover following Taylor's promotion.

Wales team: Liam Williams (Scarlets); George North (Northampton Saints), Jonathan Davies (ASM Clermont), Jamie Roberts (Harlequins), Tom James (Cardiff Blues); Dan Biggar (Ospreys), Gareth Davies (Scarlets); Rob Evans (Scarlets), Scott Baldwin (Ospreys), Samson Lee (Scarlets), Luke Charteris (Racing 92), Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys), Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues, Capt), Justin Tipuric (Ospreys), Taulupe Faletau (Newport Gwent Dragons).

Replacements: Ken Owens (Scarlets), Gethin Jenkins (Cardiff Blues), Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs), Bradley Davies (Wasps), Dan Lydiate (Ospreys), Lloyd Williams (Cardiff Blues), Rhys Priestland (Bath Rugby), Gareth Anscombe (Cardiff Blues).

Scotland: Stuart Hogg; Sean Maitland, Mark Bennett, Duncan Taylor, Tommy Seymour; Finn Russell, Greig Laidlaw (captain); Alasdair Dickinson, Ross Ford, WP Nel, Richie Gray, Jonny Gray, John Barclay, John Hardie, 8-David Denton

Replacements:Stuart McInally, Gordon Reid, Zander Fagerson, Tim Swinson, Blair Cowan, Sam Hidalgo-Clyne, Duncan Weir, Sean Lamont.

Warren "Tricky" Gatland, the Wales coach is up to more mind games, moaning on about having to share the decision with the opposition during the Six Nations for whether the roof is closed or not. Tricky forgets that the stadium included Millennium in its original name because the Millennium Commission contributed £46m of the £121m total cost, so it is not "just" Wales' home ground. Scotland, quite rightly, have said they will delay the decision until the last possible minute. Gatland always tries to unsettle his opponents, as evidenced last week by Liam Williams last minute replacement of Gareth Anscombe at full back for the Ireland game. Joe "Ice" Schmidt, his fellow Kiwi counterpart for Ireland, was not fooled, and certainly Vern "Stern" Cotter, another gnarly old Kiwi will not be bothered either by this gamesmanship.

Tricky does Churchill impression...