Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan gasar cin kofin duniya, Priestland ya ba da sanarwar aniyarsa ta dauki hutun watanni 18 daga aikin kasa da kasa, shawarar da tsohon dan wasan Wales Phil Bennett ya ba da shawarar zai kawo karshen aikin Priestland na kasa da kasa; duk da haka, watanni biyu bayan haka, Priestland ya sake yanke shawararsa da fatan za a zaba shi a cikin tawagar Wales don gasar cin kofin Duniya ta 2016
Ka yi haƙuri. A ƙarshe an zaɓe shi don gasar, kuma ya yi bayyanar daga benci a wasan farko da Ireland bayan Biggar ya sami rauni da wuri; ya zira kwallaye 11 a wasan, ya sauko da sauyawa da bugun fansa uku, amma ya rasa yunƙurin jefa ƙwallo a ƙarshen lokacin da wasan ya ƙare 16<unk>16. Biggar ya dawo cikin lokaci don kiyaye aikin farawa don wasa na gaba da Scotland, kuma a cikin kowane wasa uku masu zuwa, an iyakance Priestland zuwa ba fiye da bayyanar cameo ba a cikin mintuna 10 na ƙarshe, kodayake ya sauko sau biyu yayin da Wales ta yi jinkiri, amma ba ta yi nasara ba a kan Ingila. Tare da Wales yana jagorantar 46<unk>7 a wasan karshe da Italiya, Priestland ya zo ya buga minti 22 na karshe, kuma ya yi nasara tare da duk kokarinsa uku na juyawa yayin da Wales ta ci gaba da cin nasara 67<unk>14. A wannan bazarar, an sake zaɓar Priestland don yawon shakatawa na Wales na New Zealand; gabanin yawon shakatawa, ya bayyana a cikin minti 25 na ƙarshe na rashin nasarar da suka yi a Ingila a Twickenham. Daga nan aka bar shi daga gwaji na farko da New Zealand, amma bayan ya zira kwallaye a Wales 40<unk>7 rashin nasara ga Chiefs, ya maye gurbin Gareth Anscombe da ya ji rauni a matsayin mai goyon bayan Biggar kuma ya fito daga benci a kowane ɗayan gwaji biyu na ƙarshe, yana kafa ƙoƙari ga Liam Williams a gwaji na biyu.