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Matthew Southcombe

Welsh rugby favourite one game away from reaching the World Cup after moving thousands of miles away

A year ago, Lewis Evans hung up his boots and started planning for life after rugby.

After 15 seasons and over 200 appearances for the Dragons, Evans retired from the game and announced he was taking the plunge and moving to Hong Kong, to take over as director of rugby at USRC Tigers. That role was initially meant to be coupled with a job in the national age grade set up but things moved quickly.

He was drafted in as a forwards coach to Simon Amor with the senior men's side and then, when the former England Sevens boss left to take a job in Japan, Evans was thrust into the hot seat.

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