Wales coach John Kear has made three changes to his squad for Sunday’s Rugby League World Cup match against the Vodafone Fiji Bati in Townsville.
Chester Butler was concussed on his debut in Saturday’s 50-6 defeat by Papua New Guinea, while Sam Hopkins and Matt Seamark are also injured.
Danny Ansell, Joe Burke come in along with Gavin Bennion, who linked up with the squad after their defeat by PNG in Port Moresby.
Fiji hammered United States 58-12 in their Group D opener.
The Fiji Bati plays Wales at 9.30pm on Sunday.
In other matches this week, Australia plays France at 9.05 tonight.
Tomorrow, New Zealand plays Scotland at 4.05pm, Samoa battles Tonga at 6.35pm while England takes on Lebanon at 9.05pm.
Papua New Guinea hosts Ireland at 7.05pm on Sunday while at the same time, Italy plays USA.
