Rhys Webb latest Wales player to quit Test rugby

Rhys Webb
Wales halfback Rhys Webb has retired from Test rugby just months out from the World Cup. -AAP Image

Rhys Webb has become the latest Wales player to announce his retirement from Test rugby before this year's World Cup.

Halfback Webb, who won 40 caps, follows his Ospreys colleagues Alun Wyn Jones and Justin Tipuric in stepping down.

All three were members of Wales' preliminary World Cup training squad ahead of the tournament in France later this year.

Writing on Instagram, 34-year-old Webb said that "present uncertainty and difficulties in Welsh rugby" and "an opportunity to play abroad" had influenced his decision.