Fly-half is a position that fascinates unlike any other in Wales.
However, with the summer on the horizon as the season draws to a close, it’s a position that perhaps could be a little stretched. The jersey itself is in safe hands.
Dan Edwards ended the Six Nations with a emphatic performance against Italy. The 22-year-old is going to be around for years to come.
However, ahead of summer Tests against Fiji, Argentina and South Africa – as well as an uncapped match against the Barbarians – fly-half cover could be in short supply.
Sam Costelow enjoyed his best game in a Wales jersey against Scotland earlier this year, pulling the strings in attack before injury struck.
Unfortunately, that seems likely to rule him out of the summer – denying Tandy the chance to use Edwards and Costelow in tandem across the four games.
To compound matters, Jarrod Evans – Wales’ bench option in 10 of the last 14 Tests – is also currently sidelined with a shoulder problem.
It’s not clear whether either will be fit for Wales’ summer Tests, with the squad due to be announced in just a fortnight. Having accounted for two of Wales’ three fly-halves in the Six Nations squad, that would leave Tandy with a slight problem.
Because beyond them, Wales are perhaps struggling a little for depth.
Callum Sheedy missed out on the Six Nations squad, having been recalled for the autumn campaign under Tandy.
The 30-year-old, who just signed a new deal with Cardiff, has been in fine form this season – helping the Blue and Blacks to the brink of the United Rugby Championship play-offs.
The former Bristol Bears playmaker has pulled the strings in Cardiff’s backline, with his kicking game in particular a weapon in the opposition’s red-zone.
Should either Costelow or Evans miss out, Sheedy seems like the sensible next option.
There’s also Joe Hawkins and Ben Thomas to consider. Both have been Wales’ 12 at different times this season, but are capable of playing fly-half if needed.
Thomas has actually started a handful of Tests there, shoehorned into the fly-half jersey by Warren Gatland before he left the job.
As for Hawkins, there was a sense that fly-half was where he wanted to play. Gatland had seen him as a 10, but never had the chance to play him there once he was captured by the 25-cap rule.
Since he’s returned, he’s been used as a centre at Test level, but he has worn the 10 jersey for the Scarlets – if only to cover the injured Costelow.
Perhaps, with Max Llewellyn likely to come back into Wales contention after injury, Tandy might scrap the playmaking 12 alongside Eddie James and shift either Hawkins or Thomas to 10.
That seems unlikely, though.
Elsewhere, Ioan Lloyd could be an option. However, he joined Cardiff last summer to play more matches at fly-half, but has mainly been used as a replacement or full-back in the Welsh capital.
Gareth Anscombe, who ended last season’s Six Nations as Wales’ starting fly-half, has endured an injury-hit campaign in France.
Then there’s young Carwyn Leggatt-Jones to consider. The 18-year-old is still at school doing A-Levels at Llandovery College, but has put in some fine performances for Wales U20 and the Scarlets this season.
Scarlets interim director of rugby Nigel Davies recently described Leggatt-Jones as a “genuinely exciting prospect”, with the fly-half likely to feature in the final weeks of the season.
“We have a bit more flexibility now in how we expose Carwyn,” added Davies. “Bearing in mind, when he first played for us he was in school so only had a couple of weeks in the environment before playing his first full game, the fact he is now more immersed in the environment, that helps his development as well.
“He has already had a tremendous amount of experience and he has learnt a lot from that. He has shown everybody he is very capable and has a huge future, he has also shown lapses in his game, but we accept that at this stage of this development. Being able to manage that a bit better and to immerse him more in the environment is progressing him further.”
Two decades ago, James Hook went on Wales’ summer tour of Argentina despite having not played for the Ospreys at that point. He shone and the rest was history.
It might be a bit much to expect the same of Leggatt-Jones – especially as he’s got a long time left to grow in the U20s set-up – but a case could be made for showing him what the senior environment looks like.
“I know this summer is different, it’s more of a competition now, but that’s where I had my first cap as a 20-year-old, I was taken to Argentina before I played for the Ospreys,” said Hook on Scrum V. “I was shocked myself that I got selected. I know I played but it was a development sort of thing as well, to learn from players.
“Like, you know, your Stephen Jones and Gareth Thomas and Martyn Williams, Dwayne Peel, these boys around the camp, and it certainly accelerates your development so yeah, to answer your question, there’s no harm.”
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