Shanklin calls for Davies start
Former Wales star Tom Shanklin has called for Jonathan Davies to start against England on February 26 following his impressive 13-minute cameo against Scotland.
The ex-centre told the Rugby Union Daily podcast: "He probably doesn't deserve to start at the moment if you're talking about club form.
"Yeah, there'd be loads of credit in the bank but there's probably players in the United Rugby Championship that are playing better than him, but it just shows what experience he has.
"He comes on, he takes the ball off Van Der Merwe straight away but it's also the stuff he does without the ball. There was a clear difference in line speed when he came on, in those outside channels, something that Wales lacked.
"Owen Watkin, Nick Tompkins - maybe they just don't have the confidence to rush up out of the line and get into players' eyelines because they think they're going to expose themselves.
"He did it and he forced Finn Russell, he forced Blair Kinghorn back inside to where the heavy traffic was that was clear.
"In that small space of time, he's probably done enough to start against England, because that's something that Wales lack."
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