Wales back rower Christ Tshiunza's representatives are in talks to try and convince bosses he should remain eligible for the national team despite signing for Sale Sharks this summer.
Tshiunza, who has been reborn in recent weeks as Exeter have roared into the Gallagher Prem final this weekend, will leave the Chiefs after Saturday's match but remain in England.
Under the current 25-cap rule, that decision will make him ineligible for international selection, unless he can earn special dispensation from Welsh rugby's Professional Game Board.
Other players, such as Jarrod Evans of Harlequins and Rhys Carre of Saracens, have been allowed to continue representing Wales despite being short of the required caps because they were deemed not to have been offered a competitive deal to play in Wales.
The exact details of Tshiunza's situation are unknown but he has admitted returning to play for a Welsh region this summer was an option for him, with Cardiff and the Ospreys thought to be interested.
The 24-year-old currently has 15 caps for Wales.
"I definitely still would like to play for Wales and there are things going on in the background at the moment about it," Tshiunza told the Scrum V podcast. "As it stands I just want to play well for Exeter and go up to Sale and play well there. Whatever happens, happens."
In a separate interview ahead of the final, he added: "I want to finish the season strong with the boys that I'm not going to see again. I've been at this club for a very long time and I'd like to end this chapter with a trophy."
"In my head I'm just trying to do the best I can to finish off with that perfect story."
"It was a very, very hard decision (to leave), a multi-faceted one. I was kind of torn on what to do."
"When you're injured and you've been in the same place for a very long time, it's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel."
"Going back home and playing for a Welsh club was an option but Sale just came across as the best decision."
"This group has done such an amazing thing this season and you want to be a part of the team that does amazing things but on the flip side I'm looking forward to a new challenge up at Sale. They've also got a Prem-winning squad up there now."
Once a player who might be captured by the rule is wanted by Steve Tandy, the PRB determine whether there are factors that would make him eligible.
Initially, when the 25-cap rule was lowered from 60 caps after the threat of strike action in 2023, the rule did "not make any exception for capped players with fewer than 25-caps".
That seemingly changed, leading to Evans' Test recall - even when the player himself was unaware if he was eligible for international rugby.
At the time of Evans' availability being confirmed, a statement from the PRB said: "In the scenario where a player does not receive a reasonable offer to play for a side in Wales and leaves as a result, but has fewer than 25-caps, the new arrangement allows for the Rugby Management Board (RMB) and PRB to consider the player's eligibility to play for Wales."
"During this process the RMB will assess whether a fair and reasonable offer was made which would keep the player in Wales. If the RMB decides this is not the case the player can be treated as though his current contract outside of Wales pre-existed his selection for Wales."
"For clarity, this means that the player would need to return to Wales at the end of his current contract in order to continue to be eligible for selection, but that he also remains eligible for selection for the duration of that current contract."
As was the case with Evans - who left Cardiff for Harlequins amid financial constraints at the Arms Park - it's understood that Carre was deemed not to have been offered a fair and reasonable offer to stay in Wales.
