When Rhys Webb announced his retirement from international rugby just a few months out from the World Cup it led to more than a few raised eyebrows among the Welsh rugby public.
After all Webb has never represented Wales in rugby's showpiece event having been cruelly denied by a nasty foot injury a mere week out from the tournament in 2015, while in 2019 he fell foul of Welsh rugby's controversial 60-cap law while he was plying his trade in Toulon.
Having returned from France to join the Ospreys in 2019 Webb was then deemed surplus to requirements by then Wales boss Wayne Pivac. But the man from Bridgend refused to throw in the towel, fighting hard to regain his place as Wales first choice scrum-half during the Six Nations.
