Louis Rees-Zammit could have been forgiven for casting a few envious glances Henry Arundell’s way. This can’t have been what the Welsh wizard thought he was signing up for when he made his much-ballyhooed return to rugby after an NFL sojourn.
There was little he could do as his Wales team were outfought, outclassed and humiliatingly outscored at Allianz Stadium, Twickenham, to kick off a 2026 Six Nations campaign that looks worryingly like it will be just as fruitless as the previous two.