Wing Woolley to make Scarlets debut against Bulls
Scarlets will give 20-year-old academy wing Callum Woolley his United Rugby Championship debut in Saturday's home game against Bulls.
Scarlets will give academy wing Callum Woolley his United Rugby Championship (URC) debut in Saturday's home game against Bulls (19:45 BST). The 6ft 4in back has impressed for Carmarthen Quins in Super Rygbi Cymru and was called up by Great Britain 7s for the Singapore and Perth legs of the World Series in January. The 20-year-old from Cardigan has been working in training with Wales and British and Irish Lions great Liam Williams, and he gets his chance on the right wing in place of Ellis Mee, who sustained an ankle injury in the loss to Cardiff last weekend.
There is also a change on the other wing with Macs Page starting in place of Tom Rogers, who is going through return-to-play head injury protocols. In the centre, Joe Roberts gets the nod in the No 13 jersey, partnering Eddie James who moves to inside centre, while Joe Hawkins and Dane Blacker continue at half-back. In the pack there is just one enforced change, with Wales prop Henry Thomas coming in at tight-head for Archer Holz, who is also recovering from a head knock.
Kemsley Mathias and Ryan Elias continue in an all-Wales front row, while Sam Lousi continues his partnership with Max Douglas at lock. Taine Plumtree, skipper Fletcher Anderson and Jarrod Taylor continue in an unchanged back row, while another breakaway forward, Dan Davis, will make his 100th Scarlets appearance if he comes off the bench. Marnus van der Merwe, Josh Morse, Harri O'Connor and Jac Price provide the rest of the forward cover, with Archie Hughes, Carwyn Leggatt-Jones and Ioan Jones covering the backline.
Josh Macleod, Sam Costelow, Jake Ball, Alec Hepburn, Will Evans and Dom Kossuth are the other Scarlets unavailable due to injury. Wales flanker Macleod signs new Scarlets deal Scarlets made Springbok dream come true - Van der Merwe Plumtree's discipline hurting Scarlets, says Davies Scarlets go into the game 14th in the URC table and looking to bounce back from their late capitulation to Cardiff when they conceded 21 points in the final 10 minutes. "Last weekend's result hurt, but the response this week has been exactly what you want to see," said Scarlets interim director of rugby Nigel Davies.