Morgan ruled out for Wales as Lake leads side against Springboks

Men’s world friendly: South Africa v Wales

Venue: Twickenham Date: Saturday, 22 June Kick off: 14:00 BST

Coverage: Live connected S4C, BBC iPlayer, BBC Radio Wales, Radio Cymru nan BBC Sport website and app, positive unrecorded matter commentary and followed by lucifer study connected nan BBC Sport website and app.

Flanker Jac Morgan has been ruled retired of Wales' summertime circuit pinch a hamstring wounded arsenic hooker Dewi Lake captains nan broadside against South Africa connected Saturday astatine Twickenham.

Uncapped Cardiff scrum-half Ellis Bevan is named successful nan starting side, while Eddie James, James Ratti and Jacob Beetham could triumph first caps from nan replacements bench.

Ratti was only called up to nan squad connected Tuesday to enactment arsenic screen for Wales' second-row wounded situation pinch Cory Hill besides unavailable.

Dragons duo Ben Carter and Matthew Screech are nan starting locks.

Cardiff flanker James Botham was only called up connected Monday but starts successful nan backmost statement alongside Taine Plumtree and Aaron Wainwright.

There is simply a callback for Liam Williams who is named connected nan wing. Williams missed nan Six Nations aft signing for Japanese nine Kubota Spears but is still disposable for Wales and has been recalled for nan summertime tour.

Centres Owen Watkin and Mason Grady shape nan midfield business pinch Grady named astatine wrong centre.

Beetham will screen fly-half Sam Costelow from nan chair pinch nary Ben Thomas named successful nan squad.

Morgan and Lake were Wales co-captains during nan 2023 World Cup but some missed nan Six Nations done wounded erstwhile Exeter fastener Dafydd Jenkins led nan side.

Wales' England-based nine players are unavailable to play against nan Springboks because nan lucifer falls extracurricular World Rugby's world window.

That includes Jenkins and Christ Tshiunza, Tommy Reffell, Nick Tompkins, Archie Griffin, Josh Hathaway and Dillon Lewis.

Wales are struggling severely successful nan fastener section pinch Jenkins and Tshiunza ineligible, Will Rowlands has been rested for nan summer, Hill joining Adam Beard, Teddy Williams and Rhys Davies connected nan wounded database and Seb Davies suspended.

It will beryllium a first commencement for Screech, 31, who made a replacement quality against Argentina successful 2021.

Wales person mislaid their past six internationals since defeating Georgia successful nan World Cup and vanished bottommost of nan Six Nations for nan first clip successful 20 years aft suffering a cleanable expanse of defeats.

Wales will recreation to Australia successful July for 2 Tests against nan Wallabies successful Sydney and Melbourne and a circuit lucifer against Queensland Reds successful Brisbane.

This crippled against South Africa is an distant fixture for Wales pinch nan lucifer being played astatine Twickenham.

Flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit will skipper nan Springboks successful nan absence of nan unavailable Siya Kolisi because South Africa are missing their Europe-based players.

South Africa are besides without nan Bulls players who person reached nan United Rugby Championship (URC) last against Glasgow which is being staged nan aforesaid time successful Pretoria.

There are 4 uncapped players successful nan match-day squad pinch fly-half Jordan Hendrikse and helping Edwill van der Merwe starting.

Lock Ben-Jason Dixon and inferior backmost Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezula are nan 2 caller faces connected nan replacements bench.

Prop Vincent Koch will triumph his 50th cap, while hooker Malcom Marx returns aft recovering from a knee wounded suffered successful nan World Cup.

Damien Willemse, Cheslin Kolbe, Lukhanyo Am are injured but location are still 10 players successful nan match-day squad that featured successful nan World Cup final, while 16 players were members of nan squad that triumphed successful France past year.

Five players successful nan starting broadside featured successful nan aforesaid positions successful nan last triumph against New Zealand, including locks Eben Etzebeth and Franco Mostert, Du Toit, scrum-half Faf de Klerk and centre Jesse Kriel.

Bongi Mbonambi, Frans Malherbe, Grant Williams and Damian de Allende respectively are named arsenic replacements.

South Africa: Aphelele Fassi; Edwill van der Merwe, Jesse Kriel, Andre Esterhuizen, Makazole Mapimpi; Jordan Hendrikse, Faf de Klerk; Ox Nche, Malcolm Marx, Vincent Koch, Eben Etzebeth, Franco Mostert, Kwagga Smith, Pieter-Steph du Toit (capt), Evan Roos.

Replacements: Bongi Mbonambi, Ntuthuko Mchunu, Frans Malherbe, Salmaan Moerat, Ben-Jason Dixon, Grant Williams, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Damian de Allende.

Wales: Cameron Winnett; Liam Williams, Owen Watkin, Mason Grady, Rio Dyer; Sam Costelow, Ellis Bevan; Gareth Thomas, Dewi Lake, Henry Thomas, Ben Carter, Matthew Screech, Taine Plumtree, James Botham, Aaron Wainwright.

Replacements: Evan Lloyd, Kemsley Mathias, Keiron Keiron Assiratti, James Ratti, Mackenzie Martin, Gareth Davies, Eddie James, Jacob Beetham.