Wales coach Wayne Pivac has revealed the two difficult phone calls he had to make on Monday night to tell Ross Moriarty and Rhys Carre they were not part of his autumn squad.
Both players were surprise omissions when Pivac publicly revealed his 35-man party on Tuesday. Carre has been in good form for Cardiff, while Moriarty is fit and firing and has long been a Wales regular.
Pivac revealed Carre has fallen short of conditioning requirements given to him ahead of the squad selection, telling the prop he has to start producing 60-minutes of high intensity rugby rather than fleeting eye-catching moments.