LIST: Five players who've likely made their last international appearance

Rugby News
Thursday, 26 August 2021 at 16:19
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Here, we take a look at five of the players who may have played their final international game after falling out of favour or succumbing to injury problems.

#1. Leigh Halfpenny (Wales)

The 32-year-old suffered a serious knee injury as he made his 100th Test appearance in the 68-12 win against Canada back in July. No time scale has been given on a return, putting his international future in serious doubt.
Halfpenny went under the knife soon after with the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) saying further assessments will be required to determine his long-term prognosis and management.

#2. Jonny May (England)

May has underwhelmed since rejoining Gloucester while the likes of Adam Radwan and Ollie Hassell-Collins have stood out for their respective clubs. Newcastle flyer Radwan put the England winger on his ass twice as the two went head-to-head at Kingston Park last season.
It's, unfortunately, starting to look like May is on a downward slide after reaching his peak around 2018.
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#3. WP Nel (Scotland)

The 35-year-old Edinburgh and Scotland prop has fallen out of favour following a succession of injuries in recent months. Born in South Africa, he has won 43 caps since qualifying on residency and making his debut in 2015.

#4. Mark Wilson (England)

The Falcons warrior-like back-rower has been a consistent lieutenant for Jones since making his debut against Argentina in 2017 - but with a lot of impressive young back-rowers pushing for a place in the squad - his time might be up.
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#5. Jonathan Joseph (England)

No doubt talks over Joseph’s potentially moving to France with The Rugby Paper reporting that he could join Toulon have arisen with the centre’s England career seemingly over having been dropped for the 2021 Guinness Six Nations.
The centre last played for England in November in the Autumn Nations Cup win over Wales in Llanelli.
Joseph's England axing led to an unfortunate series of events that saw the centre, along with Bath lock Elliott Stooke and Wasps' Gabriel Oghre caught breaking national Covid-19 lockdown rules, leading to them all being banned.
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