Four changes for Wales

Leigh Halfpenny – and not James Hook or Lee Byrne – will be the Wales full-back in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against Ireland.

Four changes for Wales

Leigh Halfpenny – and not James Hook or Lee Byrne – will be the Wales full-back in Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final against Ireland.

Despite Hook returning to fitness following a shoulder injury that meant he missed Wales’ final two Pool D games, in-form Halfpenny has won coach Warren Gatland’s vote.

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