Exiled Wales star makes feelings clear on international return after Warren Gatland comments
Wales rugby hopes are becoming high again after a season of reset, a former player, who left the side in 2023 is looking at his options to make it back to the international level. Here’s the latest on a man who most fans are hoping to see more of in the future.
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00:00Wales exiled Joe Hawkins says he still has hopes of donning the red jersey at international
00:08level. Hawkins, who plays his club rugby for English premiership side Exeter, has five
00:14caps to his name at present. However, he falls 20 short of the requisite 25 for those playing
00:20outside of Wales to play for their country. The 22-year-old made the switch to the West
00:26Country in the summer of 2023 from the Ospreys and has said previously that he has no regrets
00:32making the move across the Severn Bridge. Warren Gatland spoke earlier this year about
00:38Hawkins saying he would like to have the centre back in the fold.
00:42I'd love to have him involved, said Gatland in July. Despite what everyone says when it
00:47was the 60 cap rule that it was Gatland's law, I was never in favour of it.
00:53He's very talented and we hope his career carries a lot of international rugby at only age 22.