The 1997 British Lion tourist to South Africa, 34, had a hip and two shoulder operations in the last 12 months.
Jake Abbott captains the side, with the likes of Joe Carlisle, Graham Kitchener and British Lion Darren Morris in the starting line-up.
Last season Nilsen fought his way up from the bottom of the Leeds' pecking order to second-choice hooker behind British Lion Andy Titterell.
"In terms of his technical ability everybody points to his goal-kicking which is world class, and the best Scotland's ever produced, " said the former British Lion.
Behind the revolution is coach Alan Tait, a dual code British Lion whose fierce passion for attractive and successful rugby is being channelled through this new-look Falcons side.
The British Lion enjoyed a meteoric rise up the rugby ranks, making his Bath debut in 1997 - the same year he made his England debut as an 18-year-old.
Despite two successive Five Nations defeats, Henry has resisted any temptation to tinker with his back division, although British Lion Allan Bateman returns among the substitutes following recent hamstring trouble.
"I'd been reading a book about Brunel so I asked British Lion, who backed Kama Sutra, if I could have some money to make a half-hour cartoon about a Victorian engineer, " he told the Guardian in 2001.
James and Mitchell have already experienced Test rugby at tight-head as replacements for British and Irish Lion Jones.
Former Scotland captain and British and Irish Lion Gordon Bulloch was part of the interview panel that determined the appointment.
However, British and Irish Lion Jones ensured his side a 10-6 half-time lead as his first successful penalty shot ended the opening period.
With British and Irish Lion Stephen Jones also vying for the number 10 shirt, Wales coach Warren Gatland has the luxury of two top-class fly-halves in his squad.
The 2005 British and Irish Lion, who has won 70 caps and played throughout the recent autumn series, is to undergo knee surgery in a bid to be fit for Wales' Rugby World Cup campaign in the autumn.
"It will be a great experience for him and his impressive pace on the wing will be a bonus for us, " said Mr. Quinnell, one of Welsh rugby's most celebrated players and a three-time British and Irish Lion himself.
"We are looking at negative growth for the second quarter, and that will really shock people, " says Kanika Singh of British consultancy IDEA in the Lion City.
On Jack Paar's television show in 1964, Mr. Winters was handed a foot-long stick and he swiftly became a fisherman, violinist, lion tamer, canoeist, U.N. diplomat, bullfighter, flutist, delusional psychiatric patient, British headmaster and Bing Crosby's golf club.
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