He’s been described as the quiet guy in the background, but Sean Lonsdale could come to the fore in Welsh rugby in the new season, believes Shane Williams.
Educated at an independent school in Colwyn Bay and with a Welsh mother, the lock who’s joined the Dragons from Exeter Chiefs is the celebrated former wing’s tip to be Wales’ World Cup bolter.
Three of Wales’ second-row spots for France look taken even at this stage, with Adam Beard, Will Rowlands and Alun Wyn Jones fancied to claim them. But who fills the fourth is much more open, assuming Pivac takes a quartet of tall boys to the global showpiece next year.
