From hero to zero... so just where did it all go wrong for Owen?
get complacent, I can tell you that from experience.
But now, those experienced players will be looking anxiously over their shoulder.
They will see Morgan running in tries, they will see a new face in Holmes and they will have Steff Evans and Josh Adams hungry for a starting spot.
They know they will have to be at the top of their game to keep their spots.
It is win-win situation for everybody.
As for the squad as whole, apart from Holmes and Morgan, there aren’t many other surprises, to be honest,
Wales have created some great depth, that is clear by the absence of Thomas Young, who I thought would be there or thereabouts.
It is tough, we saw on the tour in the summer, a lot of players put their hands up and a number of them get their chance again.
This autumn is all about opportunity, then it’s the Six Nations before it really cranks up towards the World Cup.
Gatland has named a strong squad and he has named an exciting squad.
The national team is in a good place at the moment.
CAST your mind back 12 months and you’ll remember the emergence of a new face on the international scene.
Capped a few months previously on the development tour against Tonga, the playmaker was given his big chance against big-hitters Australia and New Zealand.
Many expected him to fall flat on his face as his selection pandered to many that had called for Wales to change their attacking approach. What he did surprised a few. His name is Owen Williams, but you’ll be forgiven for forgetting.
When he finally got his chance – which was long overdue in many people’s minds, including yours truly – he was the man who brought something different to the backline.
Experienced in the brutal English Premiership, you backed him to make the step up to international rugby but he was really going in the deep end, having barely come out of armbands.
But he held his own against the biggest names in world rugby. More than that - he impressed.
Whether he liked it or not – whether it was fair or not – he almost became the face for Wales’ new attacking style, the less-direct approach that offered a little more guile.
And, on the other side of the ball, he was uncompromising in defence and made few errors.
Here was a man, two years out from a Rugby World Cup, that had the potential to become a viable option for Wales at No.12 and he’s versatile, able to play fly-half.
The perfect World Cup candidate, or so it seemed.
But what was about to transpire is what many feared when he opted to sign a lucrative contract with Gloucester in 2017 instead of returning to a Welsh region from Leicester Tigers.
Since facing the All Blacks last autumn, Williams has made just seven starts for Gloucester.
With Jonathan Davies out injured, Wales turned to him amid a lack of other options for the Six Nations but he didn’t feature.
He fell into the category that Warren Gatland has often spoken about, the English-based players are required to return to their clubs during fallow weeks.
That lack of time on the pitches at Wales’ Vale Resort training base really counts against someone trying to establish themselves in the squad.
Flitting between Hensol and Gloucester, Williams played twice for the Cherry and Whites during the Six Nations and didn’t add to his three caps for Wales.
He played just one more game for his club before the end of the season as a shoulder injury curtailed his season and ruled him out of Wales’ summer tour.
Whether he was in the frame for that or not anyway is up for debate.
He’s played just 16 minutes in three substitute appearances for the