CARMARTHENSHIRE rugby stars George North and Rhys Priestland arethe faces of the upcoming World Book Day in Wales.
The Scarlets players will be on more than 15,000 posters in therun up to the day, which takes place on Thursday, March 1. Fly-halfPriestland said: "It's a great privilege to be chosen for the WorldBook Day 2012 poster campaign.
"As sportsmen we spend a great deal of time training for a matchor tournament but in my own time I enjoy reading."
Former Llandovery College pupil North added: "Reading is animportant skill whichever job you choose, but it is also a great wayto relax after a hard day's training."
The posters will be distributed to every school in Wales, as wellas libraries, book shops, prisons and workplaces.
The day itself will be marked in more than 100 countries, tohighlight the importance of reading and celebrate the best of books.
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