Gloucester

The move to England has made Llewellyn a potentially leading contender to be a key figure under Tandy after a stop-start international career.

After missing out under Warren Gatland, the centre was given a late call up to the 2025 Six Nations by caretaker boss Matt Sherratt.

He started against Ireland, Scotland and England only for the hamstring injury to deny him a place on the tour to Japan.

Now he aims to provide Tandy with a physical, dominant midfield option at the start of a “new beginning” for the national team.

“I will be judged on my physicality, whether in attack or defence, with the size that I am,” he said.

“It’s how well I can get over the gain line or stop it on the other side of the ball, but I’d like to think I can do a bit more than that.

“We are so expansive at Gloucester and you end up getting a lot of opportunities. That’s really exciting because you know there will be chances, you just have to be one of the players that works hard enough to get on the end of it.”

Wales scrum-half Tomos Williams says he does not think he would have been called up to the British and Irish Lions squad if he had not been playing for Gloucester this season.

The number nine moved to the Cherry and Whites last summer from Cardiff Rugby and has been one of their stand-out players, making 23 appearances in all competitions so far.

Williams was one of three scrum-halves, along with Ireland’s Jamison Gibson-Park and England’s Alex Mitchell, selected by head coach Andy Farrell.

“I don’t think I’d be in this position if it wasn’t for Gloucester,” Williams told BBC Radio Gloucestershire.

“I said before I’m grateful for the coaches, Lights [attack coach James Lightfoot Brown], Dom [defence coach Waldouck] and Skivs [director of rugby George Skivington] for allowing me to play the way we play at Gloucester.

“Coming here this season has helped me massively.”