Week of distraction now behind Wales, says Davies


  • Rugby
  • Friday, 08 Mar 2019

Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Italy v Wales - Stadio Olimpico, Rome, Italy - February 9, 2019 Wales' Jonathan Davies looks on REUTERS/Stringer

(Reuters) - Wales have put behind them the proposed merger between two of their biggest clubs which threatened to overshadow their Six Nations Grand Slam bid, centre Jonathan Davies said on Thursday.

The merger between the Ospreys and the Scarlets proved a major distraction, so much so that Wales coach Warren Gatland brought forward the naming of his team by two days to try to put the focus back on the game against Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.

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