To use his own words, it has been a stop-start Six Nations for Josh Adams - a campaign of frustrations and lessons learned. The Cardiff winger began the tournament playing out of position in the centre during the 29-5 defeat to Ireland, picking up a yellow card along the way. He then missed the victory over Scotland due to a calf problem before sharing in the four-point losses against England and France.
He started both of those last two games back in his accustomed wing berth, but then ended up playing the final 15 minutes in midfield versus Les Bleus. Now he will round off the campaign with No. 11 on his jersey in Saturday’s Principality Stadium clash with Italy.
"I have definitely learned things," he says when reflecting on the past seven weeks. "I do learn a lot from each campaign and this one especially so, having the time in midfield. I feel it’s been a bit stop-start. That little niggle I picked up the week before Scotland was quite frustrating for me. Off the back of the Ireland game, it was a great chance for us as a team to right some wrongs and put a performance in. So I was frustrated that week leading into that game. I was back in against England, picked up a try, and the second-half performance from us was brilliant, but the game is played over two halves and 80 minutes. It doesn’t really matter what your second-half performance is like if you’ve lost.
