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**truebluefan** · 11-18-2007, 03:20 PM

Henson still struggling - Bennett

Wales legend Phil Bennett doubts Gavin Henson is ready to return to Test rugby against South Africa on 24 November.
Wales caretaker coach Nigel Davies will trim his 31-man squad to 24 on Monday.

"Gavin's not at the top of the game, he doesn't have the swagger," Bennett said after watching Henson in the Ospreys' Heineken Cup loss at Gloucester.

"Maybe his groin injury is still troubling him... he wasn't kicking the ball from hand and you want him belting it 60 or 70 metres."

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**truebluefan** · 11-18-2007, 03:21 PM

Shaun Edwards and his employers Wasps have suggested that he could work with Wales in a part-time coaching role.
Rumours are rife that the London club's head coach will form part of new Wales boss Warren Gatland's backroom staff.

Edwards was keen to stress that Wasps remains his number one commitment, but he and the club's director of rugby Ian McGeechan did not dismiss a Wales role.

"There's no need for an assistant coach to be full time and I think Gatland agrees with that," said Edwards.

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