England v Wales: Visitors drop Faletau, but Liam Williams and Dan Biggar fit

Taulupe Faletau won the first of his 75 Wales caps against the Barbarians in June, 2011. He has also made four Lions test appearances

Taulupe Faletau has been dropped to the bench as Josh Navidi comes in at number eight to face England in the Six Nations at Twickenham on Saturday.

Liam Williams returns on the wing after a four-month lay-off.

Williams has not played since injuring an ankle at the World Cup in October but replaces Josh Adams on the wing.

Fly-half Dan Biggar injured a knee as Northampton lost to Saracens last weekend, but has been passed fit while scrum-half Gareth Davies is omitted.

Tomos Williams takes over at half-back while Navidi's recall and British and Irish Lion Faletau's demotion means Aaron Wainwright is left out.

Coach Wayne Pivac's four changes also see Rob Evans replace fellow Scarlet Wyn Jones, who has been struggling with a hip injury, at loose-head prop.

Pivac explained Faletau's absence.

"He started on Sunday for Bath, hasn't trained until today fully so it's counted against him," said Pivac.

"He took a bump in that game. It's just one of the downsides of guys playing outside Wales, having to play on the Sunday before a Test match.

"We think it's better for him this weekend to come off the bench and have a smaller part in the game."

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Wing Williams was injured in training before the World Cup semi-final against South Africa in Japan in October 2019.

He replaces World Cup top try-scorer Adams, who misses the rest of the Six Nations with his own ankle injury suffered in the 27-23 defeat by France.

Williams joins Leigh Halfpenny and George North in the back three.

North failed a head injury assessment after being forced off against France, but has successfully returned to training after undergoing concussion protocols and being assessed by an independent specialist.

Dragons' Davies officially joins Wales squad

Biggar was given every chance to prove his fitness after hyper-extending his knee.

Jarrod Evans is again Biggar's deputy on the bench, but Pivac has also called up Dragons' Sam Davies to the Wales camp. and the fly-half will travel to Twickenham

Scarlets scrum-half Davies drops out of the squad after starting in the France defeat.

Tomos Williams regains the number nine shirt he wore in the 42-0 victory over Italy and 24-14 loss in Ireland, while Rhys Webb is among the replacements after making his Bath debut last weekend.

"Dan ran well today [Thursday]," said Pivac.

"He's been goalkicking today so Dan's good to go. He'll run tomorrow in the captain's run. He's fine.

"When he got the injury, at the time, I think if it was a Test match he might have played on. He's come off, he's been treated and the medical team have done a great job.

"At scrum-half, we think Gareth had a go last week, Tomos had been playing well up to that point and we think at the moment he edges it.

"Looking at the bench, Webby comes on and brings a lot of experience and a lot of communication and game management. Hopefully he'll close the game out for us."

Navidi slots into the back row alongside Ross Moriarty and Justin Tipuric.

His most recent match was for Cardiff Blues against Leicester in the Challenge Cup on 12 January before he missed the first three Six Nations rounds because of a hamstring injury.

Pivac insisted Navidi and Williams will not be undercooked on Saturday.

"The key was to get enough [training] volume into them," said Pivac.

"They've done that now and we think they're both ready to go.

"They've trained very well and put a lot of hard work in to get to the starting line this weekend. They're both very experienced players now and they know their bodies as well as anybody. We're confident they can do a job for us."

Saracens loose-head prop Rhys Carre returns on the bench, while Aaron Shingler provides the lock cover instead of Wasps' Will Rowlands who was ruled out with a knee injury.

Wales: Halfpenny; North, Tompkins, Parkes, L Williams; Biggar, T Williams; R Evans, Owens, Lewis, Ball, AW Jones (capt), Moriarty, Navidi, Tipuric.

Replacements: Elias, Carre, Brown, Shingler, Faletau, Webb, J Evans, McNicholl.

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