Henson’s abiding class
As Wales prepare to salvage what’s left of the Six Nations, their best midfield player will be otherwise engaged in a similar operation.
Gavin Henson steps into the English Premiership’s relegation scrap at Sixways this afternoon as the player most likely to keep Bristol up and send Worcester down. His absence from the Test stage has never been more depressingly apparent than in recent weeks.
Still a match-winner at 35, as Bath discovered to their cost last weekend, Henson is a symbol of what Welsh rugby has lost, a solitary beacon still able to shed...