Adams admits he faces tough decision time

WALES wing Josh Adams has spoken of the “incredibly hard” decision he faces in the future quitting Worcester Warriors to keep his international future alive.

The 23-year-old has had a meteoric 12-month rise through the rugby ranks finishing last season joint top try scorer in the Aviva Premiership as well as winning his first cap in Wales’ rout of Scotland in the opening game of the Six Nations Championship.

Though withdrawn from the summer tour of America and Argentina when Premiership Rugby refused to sanction his release for the South Africa game in Washington DC, fleet-footed Adams, pictured, was later called up when the Scarlets’ Steff Evans was injured on the trip.

And he played a key role in helping Wales secure a clean sweep in the final two Tests against the Pumas.

But with just four Tests to his name, Adams is nowhere near the 60-cap threshold Wales rugby chiefs have introduced for players plying their trade outside of the country.

So Adams must return to Wales when his current Sixways contract expires at the end of the forthcoming campaign or faces Welsh international exile should be pen a new deal with the Warriors.

The decision is made doubly difficult as his girlfriend has just got a teaching job in Worcester and the couple have recently moved into a new apartment.

“The rule is obvious, everyone knows it and everybody asks me about it,” Adams told the Worcester News.

“It’s clear to see I am on four caps so it is impossible (to get to 60) when there are only 10 international fixtures in a season. Obviously as I am at a young age with international rugby (aspirations) it is going to have to come into consideration.

“But the focus is now on starting the year playing really well at Worcester because if I am not I won’t be selected.”

Adams joined Worcester in 2015, but found his first team chances limited so was loaned out to Nottingham and Cinderford.

But after returning to the Warriors, Adams star has shone consistently with 30 tries in 48 outings.

And his predatory instinct for the line was transferred onto the Test stage when the Swansea-born flier carved out a classy solo score in the second Test win over Argentina this summer.

“I was a young Welsh lad and there wasn’t really any opportunities for me in Wales,” Adams said.

“I was let go by Scarlets and other teams had their back three players. To get the opportunity to come over to Worcester, experience something new by living away from home having to fend for myself and manage my money was massive for me.

“Without Worcester and playing in the Premiership every week then I would not have four international caps and would never have finished joint-top try scorer.

“It will be an incredibly hard decision but that’s something I am going to talk over with a few people and when that time comes it will come.

“When things happen they happen so it will be later down the line - that’s all I am saying.”