Wales star Nick Tompkins has called for Welsh rugby’s controversial 60-cap rule to be scrapped and players given freedom to ply their trade in England.
Tompkins made his call as his director of rugby at Saracens, Mark McCall, backs him to win a Wales recall for the Six Nations date with England in Cardiff on Saturday, assuming the game goes ahead amid a strike threat by Welsh players.
Players’ concerns are based around multiple issues, among them the contract freeze that’s left a significant number of them fearing for their jobs. There is also a view that the rule which prevents exiled players with under 60 caps from playing for Wales should be revised at a time when it is being proposed that wages for players at the four professional teams should be reduced.
