WALES pick an Englishman who has never played for a Welsh club in a squad weakened by the omission of a bona fide Welshman because he plays in France.
Rhys Webb, whose position as Lions Test substitute for Conor Murray elevates him to a status as the second best scrum-half in Europe, is ineligible because he dared to leave Wales last summer with fewer than 60 caps.
Dan Biggar, his half-back partner at the Ospreys, also left Wales last summer for greener fields, in his case to Northampton’s at Franklin’s Gardens. Biggar can carry on with his international career as if nothing has...