Back in 2018, it was reported that Wales were keeping tabs on four England-based centres, all of whom had played some form of rugby with a red rose on their chest: Nick Tompkins, Johnny Williams, Joe Marchant and Max Clark were the quartet in question.
Fast forward four years and three have won senior international honours. Tompkins and Williams did eventually turn out to be worth keeping an eye on, with each making their Welsh debut under Wayne Pivac. As for Marchant, he continued to wear the white of England, winning 12 caps since being handed his senior bow by Eddie Jones against Wales back in 2019.
As for the latter of the four, Clark has yet to make an appearance on the Test scene. However, he could so easily have been the first. Back in 2017, Clark turned down the chance to tour Tonga and Samoa with Wales and in doing so retained his option of turning out for England.
