NEWPORT Gwent Dragons lock Peter Sidoli is on the brink of winning his first Wales cap in Saturday's first Test against Argentina in Tucuman.

Gareth Llewellyn, just one away from a record 88th cap, injured an ankle in training just two days before the Wales squad left last week, and he has only just been able to resume training.

That is expected to result in a call-up for Sidoli, who was a surprise selection for the tour but played all last season for the Dragons under Mike Ruddock, now the Wales coach.

Ruddock says there will be few, if any, surprises for the first major test of his reign, and with the exception of injured Gareth Thomas and possibly Llewellyn, the side is likely to be unchanged from the one which thumped the Barbarians.

But one player missing from future Welsh line-ups will be Iestyn Harris, who has instructed his solicitors to start negotiations with the WRU to release him from his contract with them and Cardiff Blues so that he can return to rugby league.

That surprises both WRU group chief executive David Moffett and Ruddock, who believe Harris should have been in touch on a personal level.

Moffett, who was not party to Harris' original contract to switch, is also shocked that the player is free to leave without any compensation.

"It is the most bizarre contract I have ever seen," said Moffett. "But we are bound by it, I'm flabbergasted that we agreed and signed a contract like this, but as we understand it he is free to return to league.

"There isn't much we can do about it under the terms of the contract that was signed."

Harris, 28 this month, played 25 times for Wales and scored 108 points without ever really settling and making his mark in rugby union.

It is believed Harris is lining up a return to league with Bradford Bulls, though his contract stipulated that any return north would have to be with Leeds, so any compensation for the player is likely to be between the league rivals.

Ruddock is already lining up gifted Osprey Gavin Henson as a likely replacement for Harris.

Bowing out of rugby for good yesterday was Neil Jenkins, who played his final game against a Jason Leonard XV in front of 24,000 fans at the Millennium Stadium.

Jenkins became the first player in world rugby to score over 1,000 points in Test match rugby and stars who played alongside him for Wales and the British Lions like Rob Howley and Scott Quinnell turned out against a team assembled by Leonard, the world cap record holder.

The match ended in an 80-80 draw and was played in a carnival atmosphere, but it was all about giving the man nicknamed the 'ginger monster' an appropriate farewell.