Rugby evening headlines as Pivac holds talks with Jon Davies and giant prop sentenced for role in burglaries

Here are the latest rugby headlines on the eve of the 2022 Six Nations.

Wayne Pivac has revealed he held talks with Jonathan Davies after leaving him out of the matchday squad to play Ireland.

Davies failed to even make the bench for what would have been his 100th Test appearance despite injury to Willis Halaholo.

Josh Adams has been moved to start at 13, alongside Nick Tompkins. Centre Owen Watkin gets the place on the bench ahead of Davies.

Pivac said: "He’s also sitting on 99 Test matches and I had a good conversation with Jon earlier in the week talking about what we wanted to do this weekend and the reasons for that.

"He understands absolutely exactly where he’s at. He’s working very, very hard at his game to get that sharpness back. When you’ve only played a couple of games over a couple of months it is very hard to get that sharpness back. It’s very difficult to replicate games. You have to get out there and play.

"The levels we operate at in training are probably a little bit higher than he does in club rugby and he’s benefitted from that. We need him to keep working hard because as we know in this competition, there will be opportunities."

France prop Mohamed Haouas has been convicted for his role in burglaries worth tens of thousands of euros.

Haouas was given an 18-month suspended sentence and fined €15,000 for the thefts which took pace at tobacco vendors in France in 2014.

The 27-year-old was left out of Les Bleus’ squad for this Sunday’s Six Nations opening match with Italy because of his trial, which has now concluded.

He spent four days in custody in June 2014 for his involvement in the theft of cigarettes, lottery scratch cards and tax stamps from outlets in and around Montpellier. The stolen goods were