Phil Bennett believes Gavin Henson will return to Wales team
Former Welsh and British and Irish Lions captain Phil Bennett believes that Gavin Henson will make the international team for next year’s Six Nations Championship.
Wales takes on England in the opening game on 4 February and Bennett thinks there is a strong chance that Henson will be in the starting line up.
Bennett said, “Knowing Gavin Henson it wouldn't surprise me to see him running out for Wales [in that game]."
Henson has not played rugby in over 18 months and the British and Irish Lion last featured for Wales in their Six Nations defeat to Ireland.
The 28-year-old has taken an extended break from the game and was on unpaid leave with his form club, the Ospreys.
The centre has just joined Saracens, but he is unlikely to play for the club until he is finished taking part in the BBC television show Strictly Come Dancing.
Bennett feels the Ospreys did the right thing in releasing Henson and that the Welsh club conducted themselves well in the deal.
The 1977 Lions captain said, "The Ospreys have behaved with great dignity over the last 12 months or so. They wanted Henson back, both for his talent on the field and for his commercial value, but it was time to move on. The Ospreys coaches were fed up of
talking about him and wanted to concentrate on their own game.”
However, Bennett suggested that it will be a challenge for Henson to rediscover the form that made him one of the best centres in the game.
"It's going to be a huge task for Gavin to get back to his best. To make it back for the Six Nations would be a massive task. The dream would be to play in the World Cup, that could be the goal that gets him back to 100% at Test level," said the Welsh legend.
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