Wales coach Mike Ruddock wants the European champions to go back to basics against Fiji today and kickstart their November campaign.
With some of his players returning to club duty for the weekend, Ruddock has made wholesale changes to the side humiliated 41-3 by the All Blacks last week.
"We didn't win so we feel we're entitled to have a look at some other players," Ruddock said. "We've also got some players coming back into the squad such as Martyn Williams."
Williams, who missed the All Blacks game following the death of his mother, returns alongside Daffyd Jones and skipper Michael Owen in an experienced back row Ruddock will expect to prosper at the breakdown.
The front row, by contrast, can muster only 10 caps between them and English-born prop Chris Horsman will be making his first start.
Lee Byrne also makes his full debut at fullback after getting his first cap as a replacement against New Zealand for the Six Nations grand slam winners.
Ruddock will also be hoping locks Brent Cockbain and Luke Charteris can win plenty of possession at the line-out, which malfunctioned wildly against the All Blacks.
"Fiji have recently beaten both Tonga and Samoa in World Cup qualifying games and they warmed up for their game against us with a match against a New Zealand divisional side," he said.
"We need to ensure we get the basics right -- our passing, tackling, lineout and tackle area play all need to be improved -- and we need to recreate the kind of quality rugby we know we are capable of," Ruddock said.
Fiji are the strongest of the Pacific island touring sides.
Preview: England vs Australia
England prop Andrew Sheridan is bracing himself for a bruising scrum contest against Australia at Twickenham in their Cook Cup clash tomorrow despite the world champions' huge weight advantage over the Wallabies.
The England front-row of Sheridan, Steve Thompson and Phil Vickery have a combined weight of 350kg but know from bitter experience that the far lighter Australia pack can more than look after themselves.
England were angered by the way they claimed Australia "depowered" the scrum during the 2003 World Cup final, a match England eventually won in extra-time, and an admiring Sheridan, who will be making his first Test start, said: "Australia are very clever in how they scrummage."
"They get a lot of their ball away from the scrum very quickly and they are very efficient in that department. That is something we will need to concentrate on," the Sale star said.
Australia, who beat England 21-19 at Twickenham last year, head into tomorrow's match on the back of six straight defeats, one short of equalling their 36-year-old record losing streak.
Australia coach Eddie Jones has put a novel spin on his side's losing streak by saying his side are paying the price for being ahead of the rest of the world with their attacking style of play.
Jones said the present dominance of defense over attack in Test rugby had worked against his injury-hit team, currently touring Europe without the likes of backs Stephen Larkham and Elton Flatley as well as forwards Bill Young and Jeremy Paul.
"The cycle of the game at the moment hasn't suited us," Jones said at Australia's London hotel on Wednesday.
"We like to play with the ball in hand and work defenses around and the game at the moment has been a low-phase game," said Jones, whose side were beaten 26-16 by France in Marseille last weekend.
Preview: France vs Canada
Canada have called up their foreign legion for their one-off Test match against France tomorrow in the western city of Nantes.
France, however, will be without talismanic captain Fabien Pelous, who was suspended by the International Rugby Board (IRB) on Wednesday for nine weeks for elbowing Australian hooker Brendan Cannon in the face during last weekend's match.
But the French team has a solid look to it and a dynamic-looking backline, including Thomas Castaignede who is starting at full-back and will look to run the Canadians ragged.
Canada coach Ric Suggitt acknowledged he was preparing his team for a furious running game.
"I expect a very fast and very physical game. They are going to run at us, continually," Suggitt said.
"We know they're one of the top five teams in the world. We are going to have to defend like demons and try to slow down their ball possession and offloads," he said.
There are a number of France-based players in the Canada team, including Stade Francais scrumhalf Morgan Williams, James, also at Stade and the most capped player in the team with 50 caps, and Cudmore (Clermont).
In Pelous' absence, lock Jerome Thion has been handed the captaincy of a France team that shows four changes in the pack and three in the backs from the team that beat the Australians 26-16 in Marseille.
Biarritz scrumhalf Dimitri Yachvili takes over the reins from the impressive Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, with Clermont's Pierre Mignoni included among the substitutes. Saracens star Castaignede has been included after coming on as a substitute during the match against Australia.
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