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French side hot in pursuit of Wales star Gareth Anscombe

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French side Pau is interested in signing Wales flyhalf Gareth Anscombe. Anscomb is injured and is likely to miss this year's Guinness Six Nations. He suffered a shoulder injury in the Autumn Nations Series while on Wales duty against Australia. The URC regions have guaranteed new contracts for their players. Last week, Dragons lost lock Will Rowlands to Racing 92. The exodus from Wales is predicted to continue. French sides are interested. Anscombe has 36 caps for Wales. His best performance for New Zealand was at the 2011 Junior World Championships.

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