England and Wales could be poised to battle for the services of Regan Grace as the free-scoring rugby league flyer mulls over a dramatic cross-code switch in time for the union World Cup next year.
The 25-year-old, who has scored 84 tries in 134 appearances for St Helens, is out of contract at the end of the league season in September.
The Welsh regions are on alert, with the Port Talbot-born player having said in the past he had long wanted to represent Wales at 15-a-side, commenting last year: "Growing up, every boy's dream in Wales is to play for Wales one day, and when you say Wales, you mean Wales rugby union so that dream has always been in the back of my head.