Colwill can follow Wilson's Wales path - Page

Wales manager Robert Page has suggested Rubin Colwill could follow Harry Wilson’s example by shining on the senior international stage having had a spell back playing at under-21 level.

Attacking midfielder Colwill, 22, was a shock inclusion in Wales’ European Championship squad three years ago.

He scored his first senior Wales goal in March 2022 and went to the World Cup later that year, featuring as a substitute in the group game against England.

But the Cardiff City player switched to the Wales Under-21 squad last summer and also featured for Matty Jones’ team earlier this year.

Page says Colwill “could step up again” to the senior side for friendlies against Gibraltar on 6 June and Slovakia three days later.

“We did the same when Ryan Giggs was manager and I was with the under-21s,” Page told BBC Sport Wales.

“Ryan asked for Harry Wilson to step down and he did. He was a model professional, how he trained, all the young ones looked up to him and it was really beneficial for him.”

Fulham’s Wilson, now 27, has matured into one of Wales’ key attacking players.

“He only lasted one camp [with the under-21s] and he was back up with the first team,” Page added.

“We have done the same with Rubin, albeit he has had a couple more camps than Harry had. It will help him. He is still part of the process and at the right time we will bring him back up.”

Colwill scored three goals in 40 appearances for Cardiff in 2023-24.

Though Colwill was not a fixture in Cardiff’s starting side, manager Erol Bulut said earlier this month the academy product had taken a “big, big step forward” during the course of the season and that Premier League clubs were monitoring his progress.