Wales wing Adams boosts Cardiff bid for play-offs
Wales wing Josh Adams returns from injury as Cardiff bid to boost their United Rugby Championship play-off hopes at Glasgow.
Josh Adams started all five of Wales' games in the 2026 Six Nations [Huw Evans Picture Agency] Wales back Josh Adams will make his first appearance since the Six Nations when Cardiff attempt to take another step towards the United Rugby Championship (URC) play-offs at Glasgow. The Blue and Blacks are sixth in the table before their trip to face a Warriors side battling Stormers for top spot. Cardiff have claimed a match point from all but one fixture this season and will look to move a step closer towards a top-eight finish at Scotstoun Stadium.
They are boosted by the return of wing Adams, who has not played since Wales' win against Italy because of a back spasm and head injury. He starts at outside centre for the first time since 2022 while flanker James Botham and tight-head prop Keiron Assiratti also come into the side that beat Ospreys. Back-row forward Alex Mann remains sidelined.
Sixth-placed Cardiff have a six-point lead over Connacht , who are the only side outside the play-offs who can force their way in. Stuart Lancaster's side host fifth-placed Munster on Saturday evening and defeat could leave them unable to catch the Blue and Blacks. However, Cardiff might not only be playing for the play-offs when welcoming Stormers to the Arms Park in the final round of the season.
The team that finishes eighth would miss out on next season's Champions Cup if Ulster fail to make the play-offs but win the Challenge Cup. Cardiff have addressed the permutations but will put them to the back of their minds in Glasgow. "We discussed it as a team, it's really tough to do all the calculations about other teams," Cardiff head coach Corniel van Zyl.