Gavin Hensons indignation at the New Zealand-born centres call-up is understandable, but Wales are doing nothing different to what they and other top nations have practised for years
This week should have been one of the high points in Willis Halaholos career having been named in Wales squad to face the Barbarians in Cardiff on Saturday. Instead it is one of the lowest after the centre was ruled out for probably the rest of the season by a knee injury sustained during Cardiff Blues defeat by Leicester in the Challenge Cup at the Arms Park, a dismal match on a dank night.
Halaholo, like the Scarlets full-back Johnny McNicholl, qualifies for Wales on residency having joined the Blues in 2016 from the Hurricanes, the year McNicholl left the Crusaders for the Scarlets.
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