Article: Playing it for keeps.(Sport)

Byline: steve tucker

WAYNE HENNESSEY will earn his 22nd Wales cap against Finland tomorrow ... at the age of just 22.

To put that stunning achievement into perspective, the great Neville Southall didn't even win his first until he was 23 years of age.

Big Nev's debut came against Northern Ireland back in 1982. Fully 15 years on, he was still first choice in the Wales goal for a World Cup qualifier against Turkey.

If Hennessey lasts anything like the Southall test of time, and he's certainly the best goalkeeper produced by Wales since, he ...

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