Thirty-year-old Parks, who has four Wales caps, insists he has nothing to prove to his former employers, despite struggling to establish himself in the Perpignan side last year.
Asked for specific structures that have inspired him, Mr. Payne e-mails 13 photos of oldparks, giant industrial pipes, public benches and the whimsically shaped "Seuss Landing" area within Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park.