Wales team v Australia as Tomos Williams out and four changes made

Tomos Williams will miss Wales' autumn clash with Australia on Sunday, after failing to overcome a shoulder injury as Warren Gatland named his team to take on Australia this Sunday.

Scrum-half Ellis Bevan will assume the starting jersey in place of his former Cardiff colleague, with Rhodri Williams in line for his first Welsh cap in 10 years from the bench.

Jac Morgan will make his first start in a Welsh jersey since the World Cup quarter-final defeat to Argentina, as Gatland makes four changes to face a confident Wallabies team.

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Australia head to Cardiff having won at Twickenham on Saturday for the first time in nine years, with Joe Schmidt's side aiming to inflict an 11th consecutive defeat on Wales, which would be their worst run of losses ever.

Morgan, who captained Wales in France last year, made his Test return last week off the bench in the defeat to Fiji.

James Botham, who impressed off the bench last week, starts on the blindside - with Taine Plumtree and Tommy Reffell dropping out of the starting XV. Reffell keeps his place in the matchday squad though, with the Leicester back-row dropping to the bench.

Scrum-half Williams misses out, having struggled with a shoulder injury suffered in the second-half of Sunday's 24-19 defeat.

Instead, Bevan - whose try-scoring cameo last week came while playing out of position on the wing - will start, with Dragons scrum-half Williams set for a first cap since the Six Nations win over Scotland in 2014.

Tom Rogers is brought into the backline to replace the injured Mason Grady, who was released from Wales' autumn squad on Monday ahead of undergoing surgery on his ankle. He's expected to miss a couple of months, facing a race to be fit for the Six Nations.

Scarlets wing Rogers, who has four caps to his name, features in Test rugby for the first time since Wales' World Cup warm-up defeat to South Africa

Dragons winger Rio Dyer, who had been a constant in Gatland's side last season, remains out of the matchday 23.

Instead, one-cap centre Eddie James provides outside backline cover, with Gatland reverting to a five-three split on the bench after last week's shambles.

Wales have lost nine Test matches this year, bringing their current losing run to 10 - their joint-worst streak ever.

With matches to Australia and South Africa to come, they face the prospect of going an entire calendar year without a victory in international rugby for the first time since 1937, while there's also the possibility of falling to a new low of 12th in the world rankings.

“We have had honest reviews after last week’s match," said Gatland. "There were some things we did well that we are looking to build on, but we need to be more accurate and disciplined especially in key moments.

"We’re expecting an Australia side on a high after their win against England. They are a much-improved side since the summer and have played a number of Test matches since we last met. We know we need to put in an 80-minute performance on Sunday.”

Wales: Cameron Winnett; Tom Rogers, Max Llewellyn, Ben Thomas, Blair Murray; Gareth Anscombe, Ellis Bevan; Gareth Thomas, Dewi Lake (c), Archie Griffin, Will Rowlands, Adam Beard, James Botham, Jac Morgan, Aaron Wainwright.

Replacements: Ryan Elias, Nicky Smith, Keiron Assiratti, Christ Tshiunza, Tommy Reffell, Rhodri Williams, Sam Costelow, Eddie James.