Wales call up young prop Smith, drop old prop Jones


  • Rugby
  • Tuesday, 21 Oct 2014

LONDON (Reuters) - Ospreys' 20-year-old prop Nicky Smith was the only uncapped player named in Warren Gatland's squad for Wales's November internationals but there was no place for 33-year-old British and Irish Lion and former Osprey Adam Jones.

Smith's call-up is a reward for an impressive start to the season, during which he has started all seven of the Ospreys' games, but Jones, who won his 95th Wales cap in his 100th international in Durban in June, was a surprise omission after a scratchy start to the season with new club Cardiff.

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