Tipuric says Wales newcomers have the chance to earn a shot at England

Justin Tipuric has challenged his inexperienced Wales teammates to earn a shot against England with a strong showing at home to Georgia today.

The Ospreys captain will lead out his country at Parc y S carlets i n t heir s econd Autumn Nations Cup fixture looking to end a sequence of six straight Test defeats.

Head coach Wayne Pivac, despite that torrid run, has stuck to his original plan of selecting a much- changed XV to face Georgia with three uncapped players involved and only t wo men from the s i de which l ost t o I r el and retaining their place.

Wales are over whelming favourites to win and yet any particularly encouraging displays may provide a welcome dilemma to the management team ahead of the visit of Eddie Jones' men on November 28.

"It is an opportunity and boys know if they put their hands up - individually or as a team - it puts questions in the coach's head," Tipuric said.

"We have an opportunit y on the weekend, where there are some fresh new faces who can put their hands up for that England game but the main thing is to get that win."

Scarlets backs Johnny Will i a ms a n d Ki e r a n Har dy, along with James Botham - grandson of England cricketing great Sir Ian Botham - are three debutants to start in Llanelli while several players with a limited number of caps will also feature against Georgia.

"Some of the training this week has been excellent and there has been a buzz and it is probably about keeping them calm and doing it in the right situations," said Tipuric.