Shane Williams has waded into the debate on Wales' controversial 60-cap rule, questioning whether it should stay at a time when Welsh Rugby Player of the Year Will Rowlands could soon find himself trapped by it.
Rowlands is said to have agreed a deal to join Racing 92, with the move set for completion at the end of the season. Unless he obtains special dispensation from the Professional Rugby Board, the switch from the Dragons would make him ineligible for Wales at the World Cup.
The lock will be 32 during the global tournament and evidently wants to maximise his earning potential while he’s at the height of his powers. The offer he received some time ago under Welsh rugby’s pay banding system doesn’t seem to have impressed him and fully taken into account the major impact he has made since pitching up in Newport last year.
