Newport Gwent Dragons players Kevin Morgan and Ian Gough have been selected in the starting XV for Wales' opening autumn international against Australia on Saturday.
"We are blessed with an extremely strong squad in most positions and have had some tough decisions to make, but have selected on form and form alone," said Wales coach Gareth Jenkins.
"This squad of 30 or so players is the strongest that Wales have been able to boast for some time, but we are at the beginning of a process as a management group and this is our first chance to get it right.
"Past reputations have been disregarded and we have looked at the form players in Welsh rugby and overseas and selected the players that we feel are at the top of their game.
"Australia will present us with a mighty challenge and there is no chance that we will underestimate them, but we have beaten them at international level before and we have picked a team to go out there and win a game of rugby on Saturday.
"It will be a big day for all of us, a full house at the Millennium Stadium and the eyes of an expectant nation upon us, but we must be ready to rise to the challenge that the Invesco Perpetual Series represents.
"Those players not selected today will be given their chances later in the series, but for now we must all get behind this group of players and create the right environment for them to succeed this weekend."
WALES: Kevin Morgan; Gareth Thomas, Tom Shanklin, Gavin Henson, Shane Williams; Stephen Jones (C), Dwayne Peel; Gethin Jenkins, Matthew Rees, Adam Jones, Ian Gough, Ian Evans, Jonathan Thomas, Martyn Williams, Ryan Jones
Replacements: Rhys Thomas, Duncan Jones, Chris Horsman, Alun Wyn Jones, Michael Phillips, James Hook, Mark Jones
