“Don’t write me off yet,” says Wales scrum-half Dwayne Peel
A double Grand Slam winner, the exiled Welsh Lion launches his bid for a Test come-back in November aware that he is fast reaching the point of now or never.
Far from giving up, Peel vows to play his way back into favour via Sale Sharks in the Premiership.
Wales may appear to have quit on their most-capped scrum-half but Peel is definitely not quitting on them despite having gone three years since his last start.
“I haven’t given up hope,” he says. “This will be a big season for me and it’s up to me to make the most of it. It’s all about playing well for Sale and if I do that, then I can force my way back into the Wales squad.
“If I don’t get back in this season, then it will be very hard to get back at all. I’m 31 next week and I’m desperate to play for Wales again.”
Peel, an automatic choice for six years after his debut as a 20-year-old student, has spent most of his time on the outside looking in since transferring from the Scarlets to Sale four years ago.
He went with the blessing of the WRU because their preferred policy of picking home-based players had been drawn up after their No.9 had finalised his cross-border move.
PETER JACKSON
