The Daily Telegraph's Steve James talks to Wales and Scarlets fly-half Rhys Priestland.
"For a long time the fly-half debate raged in Wales. The pragmatism of Stephen Jones or the flair of James Hook? Nobody could really decide. Nicky Robinson was in selectorial purdah over the border, and it was hoped the Ospreys’ Dan Biggar might provide the long-term solution.
"All the while, down at the Scarlets, due to the presence of Jones, a young chap called Rhys Priestland, a fly-half by inclination, was playing mainly at full-back. Playing pretty well, as it happened; so well that he was selected there for Wales's international against England at Twickenham in August.
"Six minutes before kick-off Jones pulled a calf muscle. “I was on the way in from the warm-up,” says Priestland, “and they say I could be playing at 10. The next thing I am playing at 10. It was a surreal few minutes.”
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