The former Saracens, Worcester and Harlequins scrum-half

Unstoppable: Matt Powell charges through the Bucuresti Oaks defence for Worcester
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Twice in my career I was called up by Wales to attend a Six Nations training camp as injury cover but, on the second occasion, it was only because of mistaken identity – they’d rang up the wrong Powell!
I must admit I was surprised to be told by Worcester’s team manager after a game against Sale that Wales had been on the phone and I was needed at the Vale of Glamorgan straight away, simply because I hadn’t been playing that well....