Alun Wyn Jones will become the most capped player in test history when he leads a much-changed Wales in their Six Nations finale against Scotland in Llanelli on Sunday (NZ time).
Lock Jones will earn a 149th cap, including nine for the British & Irish Lions, and move ahead of former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw on the all-time list.
"What can you say ... he is a tremendous leader in this group. When he speaks everyone listens," says Wales coach Wayne Pivac.
"He has had to wait a bit longer than we anticipated, but to do it [break the record] in a Six Nations match will be special for him."
Wales have had a disappointing Six Nations to date with just a single victory in their four matches, but will finish above Scotland in fourth if they can get a win.
Meanwhile, captain Stuart Hogg, first-five Finn Russell and lock Jonny Gray all return to Scotland's starting XV.
Wales: 1-Rhys Carre, 2-Ryan Elias, 3-Tomas Francis, 4-Will Rowlands, 5-Alun Wyn Jones (c), 6-Shane Lewis-Hughes, 7-Justin Tipuric, 8-Taulupe Faletau, 9-Gareth Davies, 10-Dan Biggar, 11-Josh Adams, 12-Owen Watkin,13-Jonathan Davies, 14-Liam Williams, 15-Leigh Halfpenny.
Reserves: 16-Sam Parry, 17-Wyn Jones, 18-Dillon Lewis, 19-Cory Hill, 20-James Davies, 21-Lloyd Williams, 22-Rhys Patchell, 23-Nick Tompkins
Scotland: 1-Rory Sutherland, 2-Fraser Brown, 3-Zander Fagerson, 4-Scott Cummings, 5-Jonny Gray, 6-Jamie Ritchie, 7-Hamish Watson, 8-Blade Thomson, 9-Ali Price, 10-Finn Russell, 11-Blair Kinghorn, 12-James Lang, 13-Chris Harris, 14-Darcy Graham, 15-Stuart Hogg (c).
Reserves: 16-Stuart McInally, 17-Oli Kebble, 18-Simon Berghan, 19-Ben Toolis, 20-Cornell du Preez, 21-Scott Steele, 22-Adam Hastings, 23-Duhan van der Merwe
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