■ By ROB COLE
WALES have played six games since Hadleigh Parkes decided to pack his bags and head to the Panasonic Wild Knights in the Japanese Top League and in that time Wayne Pivac has tried four different players to fill the gap.
Nick Tompkins, Owen Watkin, Johnny Williams and George North have all been given a run in the Welsh midfield as the experiment of trying to find the right man to accompany Jonathan Davies has been given an extended run since Parkes won his 29th and final Welsh cap against England last March.
Davies has always thrived on playing with a regular centre partner – he...