Dan Biggar, Wyn Jones and Aaron Wainwright are the other three players along with Ball who did not start in that famous win over Ireland back in March. They replace Gareth Anscombe (injured), Rob Evans (left out of the squad) and Ross Moriarty, who is named among the replacements. Josh Navidi starts at No 8, as he did recently in the warm-up fixture against Ireland in Cardiff back in August.
Tomas Francis, Wales' best tighthead and cornerstone of the pack, will do battle with arguably the world's top loosehead prop in Georgia captain Mikheil Nariashvili.
Alun Wyn Jones wins his 138th Test cap, moving him one closer to fourth place all-time, currently held by Australia's George Gregan. He will also equal the record of most Test appearances for his country when he draws level with Gethin Jenkins on 129 Welsh caps.
- Telegraph UK
Match details: Monday 23 September 10:15pm, City of Toyota Stadium, Toyota City
Referee: Luke Pearce
Squads
Wales:
Liam Williams; George North, Jonathan Davies, Hadleigh Parkes, Josh Adams; Dan Biggar, Gareth Davies, Josh Navidi, Justin Tipuric, Aaron Wainwright, Alun Wyn Jones (C), Jake Ball, Tom Francis, Ken Owens, Wyn Jones
Reserves:
Elliot Dee, Nicky Smith, Dillon Lewis, Aaron Shingler, Ross Moriarty, Tomos Williams, Rhys Patchell, Leigh Halfpenny.
Georgia:
Soso Matiashvili; Miriani Modebadze, David Kacharava, Tamaz Mchedlidze, Giorgi Kveseladze; Tedo Abzhandadze, Vasil Lobzhanidze, Beka Gorgadze, Mamuka Gorgodze, Giorgi Tkhilaishvili, Konstantine Mikautadze, Giorgi Nemsadze, Beka Gigashvili, Shalva Mamukashvili, Mikheil Nariashvili (C).
Reserves:
Jaba Bregvadze, Guram Gogichashvili, Levan Chilachava, Shalva Sutiashvili, Beka Saginadze, Otari Giorgadze, Gela Aprasidze, Lasha Khmaladze
How to watch/stream
The Herald will be live blogging the match, with build-up from 10:00pm, Spark Sport coverage starts at 10:00pm. Kickoff is at 10:15pm
Head-to-head
Played: 1
Wales wins: 1
Georgia wins: 0
Last time: Wales won 13-6 in November 2017.
Group standings
