Wales and Scotland have prepared as normal this week for Saturday’s match at the Principality Stadium, which is scheduled to go ahead despite the government stepping up its response to the spread of the coronavirus in the UK. It is the only one of the three matches on the final day that has not been called off, with the respective governments in Italy and France ordering the matches against England and Ireland not to go ahead as part of a policy to limit the size of crowd gatherings. Welsh Rugby Union 🏉 ✔ @WelshRugbyUnion TEAM NEWS 👥 @AlunWynJones to equal world record for test appearances in #WALvSCO 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cap cyntaf i brop @WillGriffJ a dychweliad i @coryhill_ yn yr ail reng. 📰 - http://bit.ly/WALvSCOteam20 #HWFN View image on Twitter 657 2:00 PM - Mar 12, 2020 Twitter Ads info and privacy 211 people are talking about this RFU apologises to referee Ben O"Keeffe for Eddie Jones"s Twickenham tirade Read more “We are aware of the discussions going on at a higher level, but we are preparing as we usually do for a Test match,” said the Wales head coach, Wayne Pivac. “We have had a briefing from our head of medical in terms of good practice and making sure we are hygienic in everything we do.” The number of cases in Wales rose by 30% on Thursday to 25. Pivac, who like his Scotland counterpart, Gregor Townsend, has made three changes for the match, was asked if he felt comfortable about 75,000 fans being in Cardiff, packing public transport and bars. “I have a huge responsibility to make sure the team is functioning as well as it can,” he said. “There are people who make those decisions and we will follow whichever way they go. That is just the way it is.” Quick guide Six Nations fixtures and results Show Townsend, whose team are looking for a third successive victory in a Six Nations campaign for the first time, said he hoped the match went ahead, adding: “We understand that if that is not the case, it is for serious reasons. I do understand things move fast, but we are two days away and it would be a surprise if the game were called off this late.” Wales are on a run of three successive defeats but two of the changes they made were enforced, with the uncapped Sale prop WillGriff John replacing the injured Dillon Lewis and the fit-again Cory Hill coming in for Jake Ball, who needs surgery after Twickenham. Rhys Webb replaces Tomos Williams, the third scrum-half to start for Wales in as many matches. Alun Wyn Jones, the captain, will equal Richie McCaw’s record of 148 international caps. Scotland’s changes all come at forward, with Stuart McInally, Sam Skinner and Magnus Bradbury recalled. “I would have thought we are the underdogs as we have not won in Cardiff for some time [18 years] and they are above us in the rankings,” said Townsend. “We will be up against a team desperate to do well and it will be our biggest challenge of the year.”