Cardiff Blues hooker Ethan Lewis is named in the starting line-up as Wales Under-20 head coach Byron Hayward selects his 'strongest team' for the opening clash of the Junior World Championship, in New Zealand on Monday.
The Welsh youngsters play Fiji at the ECOLight Stadium, Pukekohe at 15.35 on Monday (4.35am UK time) with the match being broadcast 'as live' in its entirety on S4C the same evening (9.30pm).
There are four changes from the side that beat Scotland 43-15 in the final game of the Under 20 Six Nations in March.
Wales wing Dafydd Howells returns in place of Joshua Adams, Ethan Lewis gets the nod at hooker, Rory Thornton comes into the second row instead of Ben Roach and Scott Matthews starts in the back row over Will Boyde, with James Benjamin moving back to his more usual position of No 8. Scrum half Luc Jones, and flanker Olly Cracknell, who got their first Wales Under 20 starts in that win over Scotland, have retained their jerseys for this game.
Wales reached the final of last season's tournament and the last four in South Africa two years ago, so expectations are understandably high but Hayward is realistic about his squad's targets for the competition.
"We have three physically demanding games in nine days. After the challenge of Fiji, we have Ireland and then Grand Slam champions France but if we can win those games and get through to the semi-finals, we showed last year in beating South Africa that anything can happen.”
Wales team v Fiji: Ashley Evans (Ospreys); Tyler Morgan (Dragons), Steffan Hughes (capt, Scarlets), Jack Dixon (Dragons), Dafydd Howells (Ospreys); Angus O'Brien (Dragons), Luc Jones (Dragons); Nicky Smith (Ospreys), Ethan Lewis (Blues), Nicky Thomas (Ospreys), Joe Davies (Dragons), Rory Thornton (Ospreys), Olly Cracknell (RGC), Scott Matthews (Dragons), James Benjamin (Dragons)
Replacements: Elliot Dee (Dragons), Callum Lewis (Blues), Benjamin Leung (Scarlets), Ben Roach (Blues), Will Boyde (Carmarthen), Tomos Williams (Blues), Ethan Davies (Dragons), Joshua Adams (Scarlets)
Junior World Championship 2014
Wales Under 20 Pool fixtures:
Monday 2 June: Wales v Fiji ECOLight Stadium, Pukekohe, 15.35 local time (as live, 9.30pm S4C)
Friday 6 June: Wales v Ireland, ECOLight Stadium, Pukekohe, 17.35 local time (live on Sky, extended highlights 9.30pm S4C)
Tuesday 10 June: Wales v France, QBE Stadium, Auckland, 15.35 local time (as live, 10pm, S4C)