The ink was barely dry on Jamie Roberts’ retirement letter when Wales head coach Wayne Pivac asked the veteran centre to train with the squad again.
, has revealed that Pivac contacted him as the Welsh prepared to face the Springboks in the series decider at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.“It was really weird. I was writing my retirement statement on Monday night and getting quite emotional about it,” Roberts, who is in South Africa doing commentary work on the series, told“I just checked my phone and I had a voicemail from Wayne.
“I don’t think Wayne knew I was going to announce my retirement. I had a beer in the changing room with the boys after the win in Bloemfontein and he knew I was in Cape Town doing commentary work. “When duty calls, duty calls, so I trained with them this afternoon [Tuesday]. It was a nice little last-day sort of thing. I had the bib on! I was marking everyone. I was playing 12, 13 and wing.
“I’ve been in those Test sides where you’ve got quite a few niggles and you haven’t got the right numbers for training. It’s difficult. I’ve been there.”
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