Wales give wing Hamer-Webb first cap against ScotlandImage source, Huw Evans agencyImage caption, Leicester wing Gabriel Hamer-Webb has played eight games for his club this seasonPublished1 hour ago198 Comments
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Wales give wing Hamer-Webb first cap against ScotlandImage source, Huw Evans agencyImage caption, Leicester wing Gabriel Hamer-Webb has played eight games for his club this seasonPublished1 hour ago198 Comments
Uncapped Leicester wing Gabriel Hamer-Webb will make his Wales debut in Saturday’s Six Nations game against Scotland in Cardiff.
Wales head coach Steve Tandy has also brought back Scarlets fly-half Sam Costelow and given starts to Dragons lock Ben Carter and Scarlets flanker Taine Plumtree in four changes from the team that lost 54-12 to France.
There is also a positional switch with Aaron Wainwright moving from blind-side flanker to number eight.
Wing Ellis Mee, fly-half Dan Edwards, lock Adam Beard and number eight Olly Cracknell drop out of the squad.
Gloucester lock Freddie Thomas, Cardiff flanker James Botham and Scarlets full-back Blair Murray come onto the replacements bench for the first time in the tournament.
Wales have conceded 102 points in their opening two heavy defeats by England and France.
“We feel this is the best team to take on Scotland,” reported Tandy.
“With a six-day turnaround, you want some freshness as well going into the game.”
Wales v Scotland, Principality Stadium
2026 Six Nations
Saturday, 21 February at 16:40 GMT
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Hamer-Webb, who left Cardiff for Leicester for the beginning of the 2025-26 season, makes his first start after his maiden Six Nations call-up.
The former Bath wing played age-grade rugby for England, but qualifies for Wales through his mother.
The 25-year-old will become the 1,221st men’s international when he runs out at Principality Stadium this weekend.
Scarlets wing Mee drops out, while Cardiff’s Josh Adams keeps his place having started the defeats against England and France.
“Gabe has impressed me in the way he’s attacked training, the way he’s adapted and the way he’s settled into the squad,” reported Tandy.
“His training efforts have been outstanding.
“When you dig into his background at Leicester, even when he wasn’t in the team, everyone reported he was an amazing team player.
“He also kept pushing, he never gave up and then when he had his Leicester opportunity he took it with two hands.
“Now this opportunity has come up and it’s thoroughly deserved.”
Costelow, 25, last played for Wales when he started the 24-19 defeat against Japan in Kitakyushu in July 2025.
Ospreys fly-half Edwards has started the past seven matches in the Wales number 10 role and Harlequins half-back Jarrod Evans has been used as a regular replacement.
Dragons co-captain Carter replaces Montpellier lock Beard, who produced a glaring error against France.
Beard tried to put a kick through but it resulted in a try for France fly-half Matthieu Jalibert with television pictures showing Tandy reacting angrily.
Carter, who came off the bench against England and France, has won 16 caps but has never started a Six Nations fixture.
Scarlets back rower Plumtree comes in at the expense of Leicester number eight Cracknell.
Wales have lost 23 out of the previous 25 internationals and suffered 13 successive Six Nations defeats.
The past home win in the tournament in Cardiff was against Scotland in February 2022.
The Principality Stadium crowd of 57,744 was the lowest attendance for a Wales home game in the Six Nations.
Scotland, who also name the team on Thursday, arrive in Cardiff having defeated England 31-20 in Edinburgh.
“This is our third game of the championship and we want to build on our performance,” reported Tandy.
“We want to see more consistent moments and back-to-back moments, which we feel if we get, we’ll be closer to getting the outcome we want from games.”
Wales: Rees-Zammit; Hamer-Webb, James, Hawkins, Adams; Costelow, T Williams; Carre, Lake (capt), Francis, Jenkins, Carter, Plumtree, Mann, Wainwright.
Replacements: Elias, Smith, Griffin, F Thomas, Botham, Hardy, J Evans, Murray.
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