Hawkins highlights pathway problem

SHANE WILLIAMS
WALES AND LIONS LEGEND

"Don't go Joe!" That was the plaintive cry around Wales last week as news emerged that Ospreys centre Joe Hawkins had signed a contract that will see him move to Exeter Chiefs next season.
Not the news that Warren Gatland would have wanted to read over his cornflakes, and certainly not what any of the Ospreys management, coaches, players or fans would have wanted to hear. Cue more soul searching, finger pointing and calls for heads to roll!
That takes up to eight the number of Welsh players who are now in Rob Baxter’s stable at Sandy Park. He has th...

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