Henson hoping to make mark on Blues debut

GAVIN HENSON hopes his Cardiff Blues debut at home to the Dragons tonight will eventually lead to a new contract.

The 29-year-old is on a short-term deal until the end of the season.

Henson’s Blues debut has been delayed by the broken wrist that ended his World Cup hopes, but hopes to impress after being picked at full-back. “I’m incredibly grateful to the Blues for giving me a chance, it’s kind of like a trial thing until the end of the season,” Henson said. “So I’ll be going all-out all season now to try and get another contract with them. Everyone knows I’ve been a little bit injury-prone over the last four or five years, so I’m not much of a signing to anyone — so very grateful the Blues gave me a chance. It’s up to me now to repay that and try and get that long-term contract.”

Henson joined the Blues in October, but has not played since he injured a wrist during Wales’ August World Cup warm-up win over England.

“It has been a long time, but it was a pretty bad injury. It was massively frustrating, especially just before the World Cup and missing out was quite hard to swallow.”