Wayne Pivac has made two changes to the Wales starting XV which defeated England for their trip to Rome to face Italy in Round 4 of the Guinness Six Nations.
Cory Hill came off the bench to score a try in the 40-24 win over the defending champions last time out and will partner captain Alun Wyn Jones in the second row, replacing Adam Beard.
Gareth Davies will also start at the Stadio Olimpico at scrum-half alongside Dan Biggar, taking the place of Kieran Hardy who will miss the rest of the Championship with a hamstring injury.
Other than the inclusion of Hill, the pack remains unchanged as the front-row of Wyn Jones, Ken Owens and Tomas Francis packing down together for the fourth successive game.
Josh Navidi, Justin Tipuric and Taulupe Faletau comprise the back-row.
Jonathan Davies and George North continue their partnership in the midfield with Josh Adams, Louis Rees-Zammit and Liam Williams named in the back-three.
“We are really looking forward to this weekend and are ready to get out there on Saturday,” said Pivac.”Three from three is a great start but there has been plenty to do and plenty of work-ons.
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“We’ve had a two week build up to this game, trained really well in the fallow week and are looking forward to round 4.”
Elliot Dee, Rhys Carre and Leon Brown comprise the front-row replacements for Wales.
Jake Ball, who could win his 50th test cap in Rome, and Aaron Wainwright complete the forward contingent, while Lloyd Williams, Callum Sheedy and Willis Halaholo provide the back-line cover.
WALES TEAM TO PLAY ITALY
1. Wyn Jones (33 Caps) 2. Ken Owens (80 Caps) 3. Tomas Francis (55 Caps) 4. Cory Hill (30 Caps) 5. Alun Wyn Jones (CAPT) (146 Caps) 6. Josh Navidi (26 Caps) 7. Justin Tipuric (83 Caps) 8. Taulupe Faletau (84 Caps) 9. Gareth Davies (60 Caps) 10. Dan Biggar (90 Caps) 11. Josh Adams (30 Caps) 12. Jonathan Davies (86 Caps) 13. George North (100 Caps) 14. Louis Rees-Zammit (7 Caps) 15. Liam Williams (69 Caps)
Replacements
16. Elliot Dee (35 Caps) 17. Rhys Carre (12 Caps) 18. Leon Brown (15 Caps) 19. Jake Ball (49 Caps) 20. Aaron Wainwright (28 Caps) 21. Lloyd Williams (31 Caps) 22. Callum Sheedy (7 Caps) 23. Willis Halaholo (2 Caps)
