Exactly six years ago this month Keelan Giles sat on the Wales bench when they played their annual autumn Test against a so-called second-tier nation.
Understatement of the year alert: It didn’t turn out as he’d have wanted.
A cap didn’t come, with Rob Howley’s side forced to fall-back on a final-minute Sam Davies drop-goal to defeat Japan 33-30 in Cardiff. Amid the stress and mediocrity of a dire team performance, the coaches no doubt felt it wasn’t the time to send on an 18-year-old who had barely been on the senior scene for five minutes.
