Wales rely on fit-again Evans for their Fijian eliminator

Ian Evans will put all thoughts of health and safety to the back of his mind when Wales go into battle against Fiji for a place in the World Cup quarter-finals.

The game in Nantes against a full-strength Fiji will be Evans' first start for any team since December after he suffered first a dislocated shoulder and then injured his collar-bone.

"I am most definitely ready," said Evans. "I am more than confident, I am ready to get into the big mix of it and remember what it feels like to start a game again. When you are not involved you miss the buzz and the adrenaline rush.

"There are a lot of risk assessments to be made on the rugby field – the health and safety guys would have a field day if they could get their hands on rucking!

"Fiji will be physical and confrontational in the first 20 minutes and we are more than ready for it. I am more than capable."

Tomorrow's game is a World Cup eliminator. The victors go on to meet South Africa in the quarter-finals. The losers go home.

Fiji's head coach Ilie Tabua has made 11 changes from the second-string side beaten 55-12 by Australia last weekend. Captain Mosese Rauluni returns at scrum-half, while Leicester centre Seru Rabeni, Saracens full-back Kameli Ratuvou and Gloucester flanker Akapusi Qera are all included.