In the summer Wales caretaker coach Robin McBryde said Hook's best position had not been settled, the Ospreys having used him at full-back in the past and also outside and inside centre.

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Hook, whose favoured position is at fly-half, has been playing regularly at centre for his region and is expected to partner Lions man-of-the-series Jamie Roberts in Wales' midfield if Byrne's appeal is successful.

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"I think it's important for me to be playing in one position, " Hook told BBC Wales' Scrum V show.

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Hook could be set for another position, though, having moved from centre to replace Byrne at Leicester when the full-back went off injured.

BBC: Hook considered as Byrne stand-in

While Hook did not enjoy a regular position as his region's pivotal fly-half, he earned himself a late call for the 2009 Lions tour to South Africa as a replacement for Leigh Halfpenny.

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But the Ospreys already have James Hook, Gareth Owen and Dan Biggar in that position.

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In between some fierce rucking there was the inevitable aerial ping-pong, an exchange that allowed James Hook to take some confidence-boosting high kicks in the unfamiliar position of full-back for Wales.

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