SHANE WILLIAMS has identified demanding twin targets in what is set to be his final year of Test rugby – the RBS 6 Nations title and a successful World Cup campaign.

Williams plans to retire from the international game in October, having graced it like few other players during rugby’s professional era.

The 33-year-old’s intended Six Nations swansong begins against England at the Millennium Stadium tonight.

And he has kept that appointment after defying the medics by recovering from a dislocated shoulder three weeks ahead of schedule to face England three weeks before his 34th birthday.

“For me to know this is my last Six Nations is tough to take,” said Williams, Wales’ record try scorer with 51 Test touchdowns.

“I don’t want to finish playing rugby, but I have got to be realistic.

“It probably means a little bit more to me knowing there are only two home games for Wales in this Six Nations as well. I put myself under a lot of pressure every time I play, but perhaps a little bit more this time.

“I don’t want to be still playing for Wales when I am not good enough and there are better players out there than me. That day is coming, that day will come.

“‘I don’t want someone saying ‘Look Shane, you are too old, bugger off’, I am not handing over the reins yet, but there are a lot of boys pushing for my position.

‘‘I would love a very successful year with Wales – winning the Six Nations and doing well in the World Cup – that would be it for me.”

In terms of scoring tries at the highest level, no one does it better than Wales’ little maestro, and his favourite Millennium Stadium stage is a fitting venue to launch that farewell tour.