James needed to be 'the forgotten man of Welsh rugby'

Tom James says that he needed to become "the forgotten man of Welsh rugby" during a rebuilding spell in his rugby career.

The Cardiff Blues wing will make his first Test match appearance for more than five years when Wales launch their Six Nations campaign against Ireland in Dublin on Sunday.

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Wales have played 65 Tests since James won the last of his 10 caps against New Zealand in November 2010.

But two seasons spent with Aviva Premiership club Exeter helped his renaissance before rejoining the Blues last summer and maintaining prodigious try-scoring form.

"I was in the goldfish bowl and needed to get away," James said. "I needed to get away and become the forgotten man of Welsh rugby."

Read more on this over on ITV's Six Nations site.