Wales team announcement Live as Taulupe Faletau misses out and big change made

Matt Sherratt has named his Wales team to face Japan in the second Test in Kobe on Saturday, with Taulupe Faletau missing out completely.

Faletau's involvement had been in doubt earlier in the week - with the Cardiff No. 8 not training with the squad in Kobe on Tuesday after suffering with cramp in last week's extreme conditions. Aaron Wainwright replaces the 34-year-old at the back of the scrum, with Taine Plumtree taking up a place on the bench.

There's two other changes in the pack, with second-row Freddie Thomas replacing the injured Ben Carter and tighthead Archie Griffin starting after Keiron Assiratti didn't train on Tuesday.

There's just one change in the backline, with Ospreys fly-half Dan Edwards being handed a start in the 10 jersey ahead of Sam Costelow.

Saturday will be Edwards' third cap and his first start for Wales, having made his debut off the bench in this year's Six Nations.

He partners club team-mate Kieran Hardy, who retains the scrum-half jersey from last weekend.

On the bench, there's set to be three more debuts. Dragons tighthead Chris Coleman is in line for his first cap, as are Ospreys duo Reuben Morgan-Williams and Keelan Giles.

For Giles in particular, a first cap has been a long time coming. The winger was initially named on the bench when Wales faced Japan in 2016, but he didn't get on.

Since then, he's toured Tonga and Samoa in 2017, while he was also named in last summer's squad to tour Australia - but had to pull out injured. Every time, a maiden cap for Wales has evaded him.

Last week's new cap, Liam Belcher, keeps hold of his place on the replacement's pine.

Wales are looking to bounce back from last week's 24-19 defeat in Kitakyushu, which stretched the losing run at Test level to 18 and