Writing in The Times, Gerald Davies wonders why there are no longer room for flair playes in the international game.
"As the RBS Six Nations Championship enters its third round of matches, I wonder about the absence of two players who are worthy of such a platform but are in limbo. Danny Cipriani, for England, and Gavin Henson, of Wales, are not in their national squads.
“Whereas we can sympathise with the frustrations of each nation’s management, for us admirers of them, the players are missed hugely. In many ways they are two of a kind, even if the absence of one is of his choosing and the other of someone else’s. They exude poise and play instinctively in a way entirely of their own making. There is nothing manufactured or conventional about either.
“But what of the maverick player in this day and age? What of the player of independent means and contrary mind, not exactly the drop-out or the angry young man, rather the player whose innocent idiosyncrasies enjoy an original flourish?”
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