Wales change five for USA international

Wales show five changes for their rugby union international against the United States at Toyota Park, Chicago, on Saturday from the side that beat Canada 32-23 last weekend.

Robbie McBryde, with head coach Warren Gatland in South Africa on British and Irish Lions duty, introduced a new half-back pairing of Dwayne Peel and Nicky Robinson, with Gareth Cooper and Daniel Biggar reverting to the bench.

Fit again Mark Jones replaces Chris Czekaj on the wing with McBryde keeping faith with the rest of the backline.

Ian Gough comes into the second row with Bradley Davies out injured, and Gareth Williams is preferred to Richard Hibbard at hooker with the back row remaining unchanged.

"We have added some more experience to the back line with Mark Jones recovering from injury and both Nicky and Dwayne deserving their chances on this tour," said McBryde.

"It's a particularly tough call on Dan Biggar - it's not often you get a man-of-the-match performance and sit out the next one - but it is not a reflection on his performance, just a matter of giving Nicky the opportunity.

"Ian Gough also brings a wealth of experience to the pack with Gareth Williams handed a chance to show what he can do.

"We know we have another level in us and want to step up the intensity and improve on the performance from last week.

"We have an opportunity to finish the season on a high by producing the kind of rugby we know we are capable of against USA on Saturday and we are both determined to perform and focussed on the task ahead."

Team (15-1)

Daniel Evans; Mark Jones, Jonathan Davies, Andrew Bishop, Tom James; Nicky Robinson, Dwayne Peel; Ryan Jones, Robin Sowden-Taylor, Dafydd Jones; Ian Gough, Deiniol Jones; Duncan Jones, Gareth Williams, John Yapp

Replacements: Richard Hibbard, Craig Mitchell, Luke Charteris, Sam Warburton, Gareth Cooper, Daniel Biggar, Jonathan Spratt