Former Wales back-rower Josh Navidi has named his Ultimate XV, an understandably Welsh-biased selection peppered with legends such as South Africa’s Bakkies Botha, Australia’s Matt Giteau and Ireland’s Brian O’Driscoll.
The Scarlets skipper has been a shining light in a Cup run that leaves Dwayne Peel's men one game away from a final in Dublin
Wales back-rower Josh Navidi has been forced to retire from playing with immediate effect. He played his final match in July 2022 and hasn’t fully recovered from the neck injury sustained versus the Springboks in Cape Town.
Wales boss Wayne Pivac has named a starting XV to face France on Friday that shows four changes from the Guinness Six Nations round three 23-19 defeat to England on February 26 - but finds room for Tomas Francis and Josh Adams.
Head coach Wayne Pivac has called Josh Navidi into the Wales squad after the flanker spent over six months on the international sideline.
Josh Adams says he would be “more than happy” to play his first Test match in the centre when Wales launch their Guinness Six Nations title defence on Saturday. The top try-scorer at the 2019 World Cup in Japan has won all of his 35 caps as a wing and scored 17 tries during an international career that also saw him selected for last summer’s British and Irish Lions tour to
Reigning Six Nations champions face tough autumn schedule.
Concussion sidelined Navidi for the entire Autumn Nations Cup campaign earlier this term, and after returning to Test rugby off the bench against Ireland, a neck problem then ruled him out of Wales’ Guinness Six Nations trip to Scotland.
