BBC Wales has been told that former Welsh rugby captain Ken Owens is considering replacing labor in next year's Senate election.

The 38-year-old is weighing whether to participate in the new Gaerfyrddin Jazz constituency.

Labour has no candidates after Sened (MS) Lee Waters (MS) and West Wales Ms. Joyce Watson announced members of Llanelli who intend to stand down before the election.

Camas-born Owens has been a supporter of public labor, appearing at a rally in Carmason County with Keir Starmer and appearing on the eve of last year's general election, Keir Starmer and First Minister Elun Morgan.

The 38-year-old won 91 hats from Wales and conducted five tests for the British and Irish Lions.

In addition to his live achievements, Owens has also been heavily involved in the political aspects of Welsh rugby, a topic that is far from the headlines.

He played a "critical" role in avoiding players' strikes in a contract dispute between the team and the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in 2023.

Without his actions and behind-the-scenes influence, the Six Nations match against England may have been reportedly cancelled.

At that time, he admitted that Wales was the "laughing stock" of world rugby.

Owens made his debut in Wales at the foot of Mount Taranaki in New Zealand in 2011, in a 81-7 World Cup victory over Namibia.

Labour Welsh has a potential mountain climb in the next Senate election in May 2026.

According to recent polls, the party faces real pressure to reform and plaid cymru, three necks and necks.

Since the decentralization began in 1999, the Labor Party has been the largest party in every Senate election and has always had the first Labor Secretary.

But their position now faces a real challenge.

Under the new voting system of the 2026 election, Wales is divided into 16 new constituencies, with the 32 constituencies used in the 2024 election.

Sir Gaerfyrddin is composed of the constituencies of Llanelli and Caerfyrddin, covering the counties of Carmarthenshire.

Each selection will cause 6 MSSs to return SEEDDs of 96 members.

The parties will rank up to eight candidates per constituency, and voters will vote for the party they choose.

Labour hopes that Sir Gaerfyrddin has one or two of the six seats available, meaning that any candidate needs to be ranked first or second on their list in order to be a realistic hope for MS.

Along with teammate Jonathan Davies, Owens gained venerables from the bard on the National Eisteddfod in 2019 to enrich Welsh culture.

If he wants any advice on the conversion from rugby to politics, he just needs to look at the mouth of the Rauff.

Gower's Labour MP Tonia Antoniazzi is also a former Wales Rugby International.