Will Rowlands may be a product of the historic birthplace of English rugby, but he insists it was only ever going to be Wales for him.
The Dragons second row attended Rugby School, the seat of learning where William Webb Ellis famously picked up the ball and ran with it during a football match in 1823, creating a new sport.
Hammersmith-born Rowlands then went on to study at Oxford University before spending seven years with Wasps.