Over choosing Dragon instead of Rose

and sse rows of people rising up in front of you.”

The 23-year-old is on the mend after sustaining an ankle injury playing for the Dragons in their Boxing Day clash with Cardiff Blues.

Being sidelined can be difficult for a sportsman.

But Amos isn’t the type to spend hours watching daytime television or being idle.He prefers to do other things with his spare time.

“I’m taking piano lessons to broaden my horizons,” he told Rugby World.

“I’m terrible at it, but it’s fun and hopefully one day I’ll get better.”

The Dragon who is studying to be a doctor continued: “I’ve done fourand-a-half years of my medicine degree and I’m halfway through.

“The people I started with graduate this year.

“I’ve had four shoulder operations and while it’s devastating when you get injured, it gives me time to crack on with uni work.”

None of the above would have surprised anyone at Monmouth School, where Amos was once head boy.

He once flew home to sit a further maths A-level exam after representing Wales Under-20s against Argentina in the Junior World Championship in France – and days before a semi-final with South Africa.

When the results came out later that summer, he had earned three A*s and an A.

His old first XV coach at Monmouth, former Wales and Lions wing John Bevan, said at the time: “He can do anything.”

And he certainly gives that impression.