Wales to unleash the Eddie James giant center in the clash of six nations essential with Italy, and I hope Taulupe Faletau can return to action

Wales is ready to unleash the Giant Center Eddie James for a first test start and we hope to bring 8 Taulupe Faletau back for his clash of six nations that he must win with Italy.

The Warren Gatland team is on a record streak of 13 consecutive international losses and another defeat in Rome on Saturday would surely mean that its chief coach would continue at the end of the championship. Wales was hit 43-0 by France in his first 2025 game.

In an attempt to bring more blows to his attack, Gatland seems to be ready to bring the midfielder of Scarlets James to the center of the field at the expense of Owen Watkin, who suffered a knee injury in Paris. James, 22, has only three trial limits to date, all of which come from the bank.

Except for a late fitness setback, Faletau has been accelerated to start at the Olympic Stadio and add an international class and very necessary experience on the Welsh side.

The 34 -year -old, who has 104 caps for his country, has not played for Wales from the 2023 World Cup after suffering a series of physical conditioning problems.

The France game was lost with a knee problem, but it has been training with Gatland's side in its pre-ititaly training field on the coast of Azur this week.

Wales is ready to give the giant Eddie James a first test start in its clash of six nations with Italy

The Warren Gatland team is on a record route of 13 consecutive international losses in international

James has three apparitions in tests, but has not started a game; He will probably play at the Olympic Stadio this weekend

Faletau's front, Aaron Wainwright, is also fit for Italy after suffering an unpleasant facial cut against France that forced him to leave the field from the beginning.

But it is likely that the inclusion of Wainwright will see him start as a replacement.

'It is easy to talk about a due gain. The pressure is massive. We know that and it is about trying to make the players concentrate on what we can control, '' said Wales striker coach Jonathan Humphreys. 'Italian rugby has grown a lot in the last two years, especially defensive and how they go after the ball in the contact area.

“They are a very difficult team to win, especially in the six nations.”

Gatland will confirm his team for Italy this morning (Thursday) in Nice, where Wales has been training between his French defeat.

Then they will fly to Rome later this afternoon (Thursday) before what many believe is the largest game in the country in 15 years.

If Wales is defeated, then a second six consecutive nations is seen in the letters. It is likely that such a situation makes Gatland's position unsustainable.

“It's hard to lose,” Humphreys said. 'The thing with us is that we are not fighting. The players fight and work hard.

Taulupe Faletau has been injected to start at the Olympic Stadio Bar a late setback

The coach of the Wales strikers, Jonathan Humphreys, has admitted that the 'pressure is massive'

Against France, Wales had 50 percent of possession, but he simply could not cross, since they failed to score an international point for the first time since 2007.

To overcome Italy, Gatland will expect a greater transport capacity and meters made of people such as James and Faltau. In such an important game, choosing James for his first beginning may seem a bet. But their attributes remind people like Jamie Roberts and Jonathan Davies, two former large ones from the center of the field whose physical domain brought great success to the past teams of Wales. There is no doubt that James is still inexperienced. But at six feet four and 17 and a half stone, it is an imposing opponent.

He is ready to be in front of an experienced and dangerous Italian center of Juan Ignacio Brex and Tomasso Menoncello, the last of which was the player of the Six Nations Championship by 2024. Regardless of the National Team, the result is everything for Wales. They simply have to win.