Ken Owens Is Smiling Again . . . But Now The Serious Business Of A Daunting Trip To France For Wales

The delight at winning for the first time in this year’s Six Nations was writ large all over the faces of the Wales players, but the man wearing the biggest smile of them all was without doubt the captain, Ken Owens. What has appeared to be a poisoned chalice at times over the past five weeks had finally turned into something resembling hope for the recently installed leader.