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Former rugby league star Regan Grace is poised to win a first international cap for Wales in Australia next month despite not having played a competitive game of union at club level. Grace, 27 and contracted to Bath, was named on Monday as part of Warren Gatland's 34-man squad for two Tests with the Wallabies and a clash with the Queensland Reds. Hooker Dewi Lake captains a young and inexperienced party with Grace a notable inclusion after he was called up to head coach Gatland's squad last week as injury cover.

Former St Helens man Grace trained with Wales on Thursday but separate to the main group after being called up to replace Keelan Giles as a wing option. Giles suffered a groin injury in training. Grace swapped codes in 2022 and is currently contracted to Bath. But despite the fact he has played only two friendlies for the Premiership side, he is now likely to travel to Australia. Wales on Thursday confirmed the withdrawal of prop Henry Thomas from their XV to face South Africa with a foot problem, but Mail Sport understands there are further woes for Gatland to deal with as hooker Elliot Dee won't travel to Australia due to injury.

CHRIS FOY: England will face a tonne of problems in Lyon on Saturday, as a result of a potent mixture of genetics, ethnicity, overseas recruitment, Gallic rugby culture, and legislative anomalies, France will be armed with a massive pack. In a more literal sense, it will be called 'Le Crunch.' In the last game of this year's Six Nations, the visitors face the daunting prospect of a ferociously physical assault. They will face a handful of forwards who are among the best in the world game. In a starting eight with a total weight of 153 stone, France pounded the gallant Welsh into submission last Saturday by using the brute firepower at their disposal up front.

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As Jac Morgan continues to skipper the team, Wales co-captain Dewi Lake has been left out of Warren Gatland's 23-man squad for Sunday's World Cup showdown against Australia. Warren Gatland has drafted the same squad that defeated Fiji 12 days ago, with Ryan Elias starting at hooker in a team dominated by flanker Jac Morgan.

DAN BIGGAR'S WORLD CUP DIARY: We're in a good spot after triumphing over Fiji and Portugal. It's been a hectic week in the Nice sunshine, from meeting Prince William and getting texts from Siya Kolisi to picking Aaron Ramsey's brains.

ALEX BYWATER AT THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM: This was a mismatch in terms of international experience, so it was no surprise that Wales' final World Cup warm-up ended in a shaming at the hands of the defending global champions South Africa. Warren Gatland gave his fringe players a last chance to make his 33-man team for the tournament in France, but he must have known his rookies would be up against it. It was so. The Springboks lost by a record Welsh home loss.

Warren Gatland couldn't help but reaffirm his belief as to why Wales had defeated England over the weekend night, walking through the mixed zone deep inside Principality Stadium late Saturday night. 'They're too cute for them,' Gatland said, sipping an ice-cold lager and smiling with a sarcastic expression on his face. And, finally, after months of agony, conditions for those of a Welsh persuasion may be looking promising.

BYWATER: England's first warm-up match for the Rugby World Cup ended in humiliating disappointment after Steve Borthwick's side lost 20-9 by Wales in Cardiff. When England failed to score a try but didn't have a single point in the second half, the fringe players who had a chance to impress by head coach Borthwick fluffed their lines. By comparison, Wales was much improved on their poor Six Nations results earlier this year.

BYWATER Cwmtwrch: As Jac Morgan captains his country for the first time in a senior international, the tiny Welsh village of Cwmtwrch would trade grief for celebration on Saturday. Flanker Morgan, 23, the first to take hold of a rugby ball in the Swansea Valley, played with the grandson of Clive Rowlands, who also hails from the village.

As Warren Gatland announced: "I'm telling you this team will do something really special." The bounce returned in Gatland's step on Thursday after a rocky start to his second stint as Wales head coach in the Six Nations earlier this year. On the first weekend of the summer's World Cup warm-ups, Wales will welcome Steve Borthwick's England to Cardiff, where rookie flanker Jac Morgan will captain.

With his leading role in E.T., he came to fame. The Extra-Terrestrial was 41 years old 41 years ago. Henry Thomas has consulted with Yahoo Entertainment about his ascension to the limelight and that he had to take a break from Hollywood. The actor, who is 51, explained that he had to leave Los Angeles and relocate to Oregon to live a simpler life.

Joe Hawkins was earning £20,000-per-year while representing Wales in this year's Six Nations – the paltry salary was a key contributing factor in his controversial transfer to Exeter. Hawkins is no longer eligible to play international rugby because he has decided to trade Welsh region Ospreys for the Gallagher Premiership last week. The promising 20-year-old center has been at the forefront of a tense discussion over Wales' selection policy, which states that players with less than 25 caps will not play for their club rugby outside of the country and cannot also represent Warren Gatland's national team. Hawkins has five caps to his name.

ALEX BYWATER: With the England hooker's planned transfer to Montpellier, you are likely to step in and give Luke Cowan-Dickie a future contract lifeline. After this year's World Cup, Cowan-Dickie, a British Lion, had agreed to play with the TOP14 champions from Exeter for the start of next season and until this year's World Cup. However, a combination of injury worries and the 31-year-old's boozy night out in the French city last month make that unlikely to happen. When visiting what was supposed to be his new club and was the subject of a test for public and inebriation, Cowan-Dickie spent a night in a Montpellier police cell in April.' Montpellier has also expressed skepticism about Cowan-Dickie's ongoing neck and knee injuries, which have put his England World Cup participation in jeopardy.

Warren Gatland has never been a stranger to surprise picks in a glittering coaching career, and he was on Monday when naming former England prop Henry Thomas in his Wales squad. Thomas, a TOP14 winner with Montpellier last season, gained seven caps in a white shirt for the first time since being atop 14 in 2014. Thomas, 31, who was barred from England since then and playing in France from 2021, was unknown. He was destined for Wales through his father, but it was difficult to know who qualified for Wales.

Head coach Warren Gatland declared on Monday that promising Exeter-bound centre Joe Hawkins and prop Wyn Jones are among Wales' extended World Cup training squad members. Hawkins confirmed his move from Welsh region Ospreys to Rob Baxter's Chiefs earlier this year, but it had been unclear if or not he was eligible to play Test rugby as a result. The 20-year-old played four of Wales' Six Nations games, but with five caps in total, he falls short of the number of 25 needed to continue on international service while also representing a club abroad. For the time being, his Wales career is coming to an end and he will not participate in the World Cup.

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In "E.T," Drew Barrymore played Gertie. When she was just 7 years old, she was still smiling. Now, the 47-year-old actress is commemorating the film's 40th anniversary with a cast reunion on her talk show. "The Drew Barrymore Show" brought castmates Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, and Robert McNaughton to celebrate some of the classic film's best scenes on Halloween. Barrymore remembered how much E.T. was adored by the nth of his life. When she was filming the film, she referred to the puppet version of him, voiced by Pat Welsh. "I really loved him in such a profound way," she said. "I would go and have lunch with him."

Drew Barrymore revived with the cast of the classic 1982 film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial to mark the film's 40th anniversary - with the emotional sting of her chat show's special Halloween episode. The celebrated actress, 47, shot to fame aged just six in Steven Spielberg's film Gertie, with the star empathetic as she was joined by Henry Thomas, 51 (who played her brother Elliott) and Dee Wallace, 73 (who played the children's mother Mary).