Carre Hopes For Wales Start As Rees-zammit Aims To Return

Autumn international: Wales v Argentina

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Sunday, 9 November Kick-off: 15:10 GMT

Coverage: Commentary connected BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and unrecorded matter connected BBC Sport online.

Wales judge returning prop Rhys Carre is fresh to spell consecutive into nan starting broadside to look Argentina connected Sunday, pinch helping Louis Rees-Zammit hoping he tin beryllium his fittingness to beryllium named arsenic a replacement.

Saracens loose-head Carre is being considered for his first commencement since 2023, pinch nan 27-year-old having been recalled to nan first squad of caller caput coach Steve Tandy.

Bristol helping Rees-Zammit is hoping to triumph his fittingness conflict and make his long-awaited Wales return.

The 24-year-old helping has not played Test rugby for much than 2 years aft switching to American football.

Tandy will sanction his broadside connected Friday greeting for nan first of 4 autumn internationals, pinch Japan, New Zealand and South Africa to follow.

Carre has not played for his state since 2023 and was antecedently ineligible nether nan Welsh Rugby Union's (WRU) action argumentation because he has 20 caps, 5 short of nan required number for those playing pinch clubs extracurricular Wales.

But location are loopholes, arsenic demonstrated erstwhile Wales selected Jarrod Evans successful nan Six Nations earlier this year.

The Harlequins fly-half has less than 25 caps but he was not fixed a reasonable connection to stay pinch erstwhile nine Cardiff.

It seems nan aforesaid applies to Carre, who near Cardiff past twelvemonth to subordinate Saracens for a 2nd time.

Carre would person go disposable for nan different location nations successful 2026 because it will person been 3 years since he antecedently played for Wales.

Tandy says that business did not lend to his determination to callback nan prop and he could spot his religion successful Carre, which would mean Nicky Smith being named connected nan bench.

"What is evident is his [Carre's] expertise astir nan field, his attacking presence, his carrying expertise and his move of gait for a large man," said Wales adjunct coach Danny Wilson.

"Those person now been joined by, successful nan Premiership, his improvement astatine scrum time, wherever he's been tested.

"He's been a activity of caller aerial since he's been successful camp. He's been awesome to activity pinch and I'm looking guardant to seeing really he goes done this campaign."

Carre is successful statement to battalion down successful nan beforehand statement alongside Ospreys hooker Dewi Lake and Cardiff prop Keiron Assiratti.

Adam Beard and Dafydd Jenkins are expected to return successful nan 2nd statement aft missing nan summertime circuit of Japan.

After helping nan British and Irish Lions triumph nan bid against Australia, Wales skipper Jac Morgan is group to travel into nan backmost statement alongside Cardiff flanker Alex Mann and Dragons number 8 Aaron Wainwright.

The likes of Gloucester fastener Freddie Thomas and Scarlets number 8 Taine Plumtree could connection impetus from nan replacements bench.

Rees-Zammit is battling to beryllium backmost successful a Wales squad for nan first clip since conclusion to Argentina successful nan World Cup quarter-final successful Marseille successful October 2023.

The helping had spells connected nan believe squads of nan Kansas City Chiefs and nan Jacksonville Jaguars, but did not play a competitory crippled successful nan NFL and returned to rugby national successful August erstwhile signing for Bristol.

He has not played since damaging a toed against Saracens connected 4 October but will dream to beryllium deemed fresh to beryllium successful nan lucifer 23, pinch Scarlets duo Blair Murray and Tom Rogers, on pinch Cardiff helping Josh Adams favourite to shape nan starting backmost three.

After an wounded ruled him retired of nan summertime tour, Gloucester centre Max Llewellyn is successful statement to rekindle his 2025 Six Nations midfield business pinch Ben Thomas.

At half-back, fly-half Dan Edwards will beryllium hoping to support his spot alongside Lions scrum-half Tomos Williams.

Cardiff fly-half Callum Sheedy will dream to make a first world quality since 2022, if he is named arsenic a replacement alongside Rees-Zammit.