■By SIMON THOMAS

ALED Davies is the first to admit that being barred from playing for Wales for the past four years was hard to take.
By joining Saracens in 2020, the 20-cap scrum-half became ineligible for his country under the WRU 60-cap rule, with last year’s reduction to 25 caps still leaving him out in the cold.
But now the former Scarlets and Ospreys No.9 is back in the international mix, having signed for Cardiff.
“Obviously, the last four years have been difficult, wanting to play for Wales and not being able to be picked,” he says.
“In t...