WALES can wing to victory and open their championship campaign with a win for the first time for seven years when they take on a new-look Scotland team at the Millennium Stadium tomorrow.

Wales coach Steve Hansen has decided to carry on where he left off in the World Cup in Australia, and he deserves praise.

No longer is it a safety first approach going into the Six Nations, but a bold all-out attacking option which is refreshing as it is optimistic.

Hansen has packed his side with runners, and he's gone for wings aplenty, three of them in fact.

Gareth Thomas, Shane Williams and Rhys Williams are as exciting a trio of runners as you can get and all three can pose big problems for the Scots. Wings they may be, but one of them has to play at full back, for Hansen believes they are all inter-changeable and there is no difference in their positions.

The player at full back is Thomas, something of a gamble, but one which paid handsome dividends against New Zealand and England in the World Cup.

His running out of defence was one of the reasons Wales caused mayhem against the All Blacks and outscored England by three tries to one.

But the real catalyst then and possibly against the Scots is Shane Williams, a player who has been around for a while but has been reborn. He ran both New Zealand and England ragged at times with his thrilling sidestepping running and his boldness.

Williams is another exciting runner and though he is on the wing expect to see him operating at full back on occasions where his lung bursting efforts will pose another threat. It will be a fascinating contest because whereas Hansen has gone for short, tricky and pacey runners new Scotland coach Matt Williams has opted for big brawny guys in his 'back three' of Ben Hinshelwood, Simon Danielli and Andrew Henderson.

I'd back the Welsh version to come out on top with one obvious proviso - that they receive enough decent possession from a pack which could be Wales' Achilles' heel. Without injured hooker Robin McBryde and lock Robert Sidoli, the Welsh pack could be a bit threadbare against a Scottish side whose strength is up front.

That and the impetus provided by a new coaching set-up and a new team represents the greatest danger for Wales.