Scott Williams looking to make another big impact against England
IT was a moment that delivered a Triple Crown and shot Scott Williams into Wales v England folklore.
A nation raised a collective glass as the Scarlets centre pilfered the ball from the clutches of giant England forward Courtney Lawes, sprinted upfield, kicked forward before gathering the bouncing ball and diving triumphantly over the whitewash.
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Scott Williams dives over for his famous try at Twickenham
"Great Scott" read the headlines the following day, reminiscent of namesake Gibbs's late side-stepping heroics at Wembley in 1999.
Twelve months on and Williams, as he was at Twickenham, is ready to pounce again. "Anything like last year would be great for me," said the 22-year-old, who has come off the bench in the last three of Wales's Six Nations contests.
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"It was a really special moment in my career and to go on to win the Grand Slam was massive.
"People speak about what I did in that Triple Crown game, but you forget what Leigh (Halfpenny) and Jon (Davies) did at the end (try-saving tackle on David Strettle). Nobody would have remembered my try if England had got over at the end. What they did was just as important.
"But it's starting to wear off a bit now, there's no more free drinks so I'll have to do something again this weekend."
Wales's midfield has been something of an enigma this season.
Jamie Roberts and Jonathan Davies were both touted as British Lions shoo-ins before the start of the campaign, yet the pair were out of sorts and overshadowed by Ireland's Brian O'Driscoll in the opening match and have been frustratingly underused since.
Davies didn't touch the ball until his second-half try in Rome, while Roberts received just three passes in last weekend's win over the Scots in Murrayfield.
The pair will become record-breakers when they line up against the old enemy in Cardiff on Saturday, surpassing the record of Ray Gravell and Steve Fenwick, who played together 13 times in the late seventies.
"They are two established players, all I can do is keep training hard," said Williams, who now has 19 caps to his name, 14 as a replacement.
"Jon and Jamie have been playing very well so there is no reason to not select them.
"The main thing for me is getting on the pitch and when I take the field I have to do as much as I can and carry on where they left off."
ROBERT LLOYD
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