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Dewi Lake has played only 51 minutes at the 2023 Rugby World Cup having started the game against Portugal| Venue: Stade de la Baujoire, Nantes Date: Saturday 7 October Kick-off:14:00 BST |
| Coverage: Live BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru, BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra, BBC Sounds, BBC Sport website & app; live text commentary on BBC Sport website & app. |
Hooker Dewi Lake will captain Wales against Georgia in their final Pool C game in Nantes on Saturday.
Gareth Anscombe will start at outside-half with Dan Biggar left out of the matchday 23 despite having returned to training after injury.
There are six changes to the side that beat Australia with Rio Dyer, Tomos Williams, Dafydd Jenkins and Tommy Reffell also starting.
Co-captain Jac Morgan is rested after starting the first three games.
Number eight Taulupe Faletau and wing Louis Rees-Zammit will have started all four matches.
Wales need just one losing bonus point to qualify as Pool C winners to set up a quarter-final against Argentina or Japan in Marseille on 14 October.
Lake, who missed the victories against Fiji and Australia but led the side against Portugal in the 28-8 win, replaces Ryan Elias.
Lock Jenkins partners Will Rowlands, with Adam Beard having just returned to the squad in France following the birth of his third child.
Flanker Reffell is set for his first start of the tournament, while scrum-half Tomos Williams and wing Dyer come in for Gareth Davies and Josh Adams respectively.
Wales: L Williams; Rees-Zammit, North, Tompkins, Dyer; Anscombe, T Williams; G Thomas, Lake (capt), Francis, Rowlands, D Jenkins, Wainwright, Reffell, Faletau.
Replacements: Dee, Smith, H Thomas, Tshiunza, Basham, G Davies, Costelow, Grady.
More to follow.
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