But Gatland says that Henson's public persona is at odds with the hard-training player he knows and says that Wales are still missing the attributes - particularly in defence - that Henson brought to the side.

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He used all those attributes to top the leaderboard with Cheetham at the Gary Player-designed course before winning the shoot-out with a chip-and-putt on the 18th for a birdie four.

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The move was partly orchestrated by Falcons coach Alan Tait, a former Leeds Rhinos and Newcastle player himself, and the 43-year-old believes Williams has all the attributes needed for the union game.

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As for trading virtual attributes, character possessions in the multiplayer game Everquest (such as a sword that an advanced player had won in a difficult level of the game) already trade on Ebay.

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