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Ball captained Surrey under-15s rugby team before heading to Australia, and he was training with the Western Force Super Rugby squad when the Scarlets spotted him before quickly offering him a three-year contract in 2012.
Less than two years later, he broke into the Wales squad, making his Test debut as a replacement against Ireland during last season’s Six Nations before starting against France and England.
He also toured South Africa with Wales in June, featuring during the agonising 31-30 second Test defeat in Nelspruit, and Ball is viewed as an important part of head coach Warren Gatland’s second-row armoury alongside the likes of Alun-Wyn Jones, Bradley Davies and Luke Charteris.
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