Sam targets Wales jersey after switch

SAM Moore trained with England under Eddie Jones and was identified as a future Red Rose international given his strong performances at age grade level.

- ROB COLE

The former Sale back row was called up by Jones as a teenage apprentice for the 2018 Six Nations and it looked like a long career in a white shirt beckoned, but two years on things have changed dramatically and Moore is now in Wales with Cardiff Blues.

A red rather than a white jersey beckons for the 21year-old who left Sale – where he used to share a house with Tom and Ben Curry – in January to sign for the Blues.

“When Eddie called me into the England squad I was only there for a few training days,” said Moore, who stood out for all of England’s age group sides despite being born in Cardiff.

“When I came into the camp he asked me why I thought I was there and then when I left he simply asked what I thought was needed of me to progress to get back into the squad.