Williams has began each Take a look at he has been accessible for since Tandy took the reins in the summertime of 2025.
The one fixtures he has missed – final November’s defeat by South Africa and June’s win within the uncapped sport in opposition to the Barbarians – have been outdoors World Rugby’s worldwide window.
The previous Cardiff scrum-half, who swapped Gloucester for Saracens in the summertime, has performed previous the hour in each outing underneath Tandy.
Wales received three Checks in 2025-26 and Williams performed the complete 80 minutes in opposition to Japan and Fiji, whereas he got here off with simply two left in opposition to Italy.
The 31-year-old performed 378 minutes within the 2026 Six Nations, with 10 of these minutes on the sidelines resulting from a yellow card in opposition to Eire.
As compared, France’s Dupont performed 357 (Lucu was injured), Eire’s Jamison Gibson-Park 323 and Scotland’s Ben White 302.
Williams has shared matchday squads with simply two scrum-halves underneath Tandy – Ospreys’ Kieran Hardy and Reuben Morgan-Williams.
Hardy, who began in opposition to South Africa and the Baa-Baas, made 5 transient appearances off the bench whereas Morgan-Williams got here on thrice.
However there may be more likely to be a brand new inclusion when Tandy names his group for the Nations Championship.
Hardy faces a prolonged lay-off after struggling a knee harm in opposition to Dragons earlier this month.
His misfortune may result in extra alternatives for Morgan-Williams, who has needed to present persistence at worldwide stage.
Ospreys head coach Mark Jones mentioned of him final season: “He is an actual competitor and has acquired an actual urge for food on each side of the ball. He injects velocity into the sport.
“What I like about him is his persona. He is simply straight-talking, no messing round.”
Tandy should discover a third specialist as he counts all the way down to the World Cup, the place he may have one other determination to make.
Warren Gatland initially went with two scrum-halves in 2023 – Williams and Gareth Davies – earlier than including Hardy for injured quantity eight Taulupe Faletau forward of the quarter-final defeat by Argentina.
