Scarlets flanker Plumtree eyes six role for Wales

Scarlets flanker Taine Plumtree is looking to nail down nan Wales number six jersey for nan autumn internationals.

Plumtree started successful each 3 back-row positions connected Wales' summertime three-game circuit of Australia.

The 24-year-old will beryllium a contender for nan number 8 domiciled successful November if wounded doubts Taulupe Faletau and Aaron Wainwright are ruled retired of matches against Fiji, Australia and South Africa.

Plumtree believes his early lies astatine blind-side flanker but is contented pinch being versatile.

"I spot myself arsenic a six that tin play 8 and, if I request to, jump successful astatine fastener astatine immoderate constituent past fine, but possibly not internationally," said Plumtree.

"I want to beryllium a subordinate that's versatile, that tin play immoderate of those positions and beryllium comfortable.

"That's a bully point to person travel action clip and squads I want to beryllium progressive with.

"Where I fresh into that squad [Wales] is hopefully successful that six jersey but I've sewage 5 aliases six games pinch Scarlets earlier that autumn series.

"Hopefully I tin support building arsenic a six, nail my domiciled and do nan things Gats [Wales caput coach Warren Gatland] and Humphs [Wales forwards coach Jonathan Humphreys] want maine to do."

Plumtree was progressive successful some Test defeats against Australia and nan circuit triumph against Queensland Reds.

"The circuit was awesome," said Plumtree.

"In position of results we weren't happy to spell distant losing some those games to Australia.

"I thought we had nary existent anticipation to spell successful and triumph immoderate game. I recovered earlier going to Australia we were successful a bully spot to spell and play bully rugby, and for bits we did.

"I was happy pinch really I played but we are disappointed astir not being capable to get 1 up complete them successful either of those 2 games.

"It's not nan past clip we are playing them and hopefully we tin get 1 complete connected them later connected this year."

Wales person mislaid their past 9 Tests and slipped to a lowest position of 11th successful nan world rankings but Plumtree believes Gatland's broadside tin move things around.

"The boys were gutted because we cognize we are amended than that and tin play amended than that," said Plumtree.

"There's only a constricted magnitude of Wales games each year, truthful we don't get excessively overmuch of a chance to show we are turning that area and are playing better.

"When nan opportunity comes, we conscionable request to return it."

Plumtree is besides hoping for a much successful Scarlets play aft Dwayne Peel's broadside vanished 13th successful nan United Rugby Championship table.

"We're coming disconnected nan disappointment of an mean season," said Plumtree.

"A fewer aged heads person left, which has costs america experience, but we've besides sewage immoderate caller faces who person travel successful and caused nan boys still present to up their crippled successful training.

"On insubstantial and not injured, our guardant battalion tin beryllium beardown to play against.

"We each want to person a amended play than past clip out. Personally, I want to get done nan play uninjured and to return connected a activity role.

"I'm emotion bully and I cognize a batch of america are.

"It's a agelong play and our battalion isn't going to beryllium precisely nan aforesaid each weekend, truthful it's astir each nan forwards being capable to put their hands up erstwhile nan opportunity comes."