WALES have made no changes to their matchday squad for Friday’s Six Nations clash with Ireland at Principality Stadium (kick-off 8.05pm).

Head coach Rob Howley has decided against tinkering with his 23 after the hugely disappointing loss in Scotland that ended their title hopes.

Former Newport Gwent Dragons forwards Taulupe Faletau and Luke Charteris have to be content with being replacements again while fly-half Sam Davies stays next to them on the bench.

“We felt it was important the same group of players had the opportunity to go out and perform on Friday so we have named an unchanged match-day squad,” said Howley.

“Friday night is an opportunity for us. There is a lot of experience in our group and you don’t become a bad team overnight. We want to show what we can do and that experience will be very important this week.

“We know we need to be more clinical and we need to execute better under pressure and we have been working hard on that during the last few weeks.

“Ireland are one of the in-form sides in world rugby and are coached very well and packed with experience and there are a number of interesting match-up across both teams.

“We always say we are fortunate to have the best supporters in the world and we are eager to put in a performance for them under the lights at Principality Stadium on Friday.”

WALES TEAM TO PLAY IRELAND:

Leigh Halfpenny (Toulon) (69 Caps)

George North (Northampton Saints) (67 Caps)

Jonathan Davies (Scarlets) (62 Caps)

Scott Williams (Scarlets) (44 Caps)

Liam Williams (Scarlets) (41 Caps)

Dan Biggar (Ospreys) (54 Caps)

Rhys Webb (Ospreys) (26 Caps)

Rob Evans (Scarlets) (15 Caps)

Ken Owens (Scarlets) (48 Caps)

Tomas Francis (Exeter Chiefs) (20 Caps)

Jake Ball (Scarlets) (24 Caps)

Alun Wyn Jones (Ospreys)(108 Caps) (CAPTAIN)

Sam Warburton (Cardiff Blues) (72 Caps)

Justin Tipuric (Ospreys) (49 Caps)

Ross Moriarty (Gloucester Rugby) (15 Caps)

Replacements: Scott Baldwin (Ospreys) (31 Caps) Nicky Smith (Ospreys) (10 Caps) Samson Lee (Scarlets) (32 Caps) Luke Charteris (Bath) (72 Caps) Taulupe Faletau (Bath) (64 Caps) Gareth Davies (Scarlets) (23 Caps) Sam Davies (Ospreys) (5 Caps) Jamie Roberts (Harlequins) (89 Caps)