Welsh exile tearing it up in France issues 'polite reminder' amid chaos back home

Wales exile Sam Davies has issued a 'polite reminder' to fans and pundits back home as he continues to tear it up in France.

The 31-year-old has been playing the best rugby of his career since joining Pro D2 side Grenoble last year, with a superb debut season seeing him average nearly 10 points a game and come agonisingly close to helping his team win promotion to the Top 14. The fly-half's sensational form also resulted in him being named the league's player of the season.

Davies has now picked up where he left off from the last campaign, scoring 56 points in his first six matches of the new season with several Top 14 sides reportedly now showing an interest in him.

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The ex-Ospreys and Dragons man's form comes at a time when Welsh rugby is in disarray, with the national side that he last represented back in 2017 falling to a record 11 successive Test defeats after losing to Australia. Warren Gatland's future in the role now looks increasingly uncertain but the problems run deeper than one man with the national sport stuck in an almighty rut.

But amid the doom and gloom, Davies - who has eight international caps to his name - has been keen to remind those at home that there are still plenty of Welsh success stories out there, himself included, but not all of them play their rugby in Wales.

Taking to Instagram, the Grenoble star shared a highlights reel put together by his management agency on his story and added: "Just a polite reminder... not all is wrong with Welsh rugby... it's just not all in Wales". He then ended his brief message with a French flag emoji.

Former Wales international Sam Cross - who tore into the Welsh Rugby Union on social media following the defeat to the Wallabies - has also shone a light on Davies' recent performances. Sharing a clip of the exile in action, he wrote on X that the Welshman was "a player in his prime who’s right at the top of his game."

Davies has previously said he has no regrets about leaving behind the "mess" of Welsh rugby last summer and described life in France as "a breath of fresh air". Reflecting on the move, he told AFP: "It was an opportunity to get away from Wales, the goldfish bowl, a sense of negativity.

"Welsh rugby is a mess in terms of the regions with talks of going down to two or three regions. It's incredible to see things in France, it's a breath of fresh air. They'll allow you to make a couple of errors but in return you have to give them something back and that's what I've done this year."