JORDAN Williams has shown his dancing feet on the counter-attack this season but the Dragons have set themselves the task of getting the ball in the hands of the “magical” full-back more frequently.

The 24-year-old from Llanelli has made a bright start to life at Rodney Parade after returning to Wales from Bristol.

Williams is the Guinness PRO14’s joint leader for defenders beaten with 14, has racked up more metres (349) than anyone else and scored a try of the season contender with a jinking run in defeat to Leinster last weekend.

The score had the Royal Dublin Society crowd’s seal of approval and the Wales hopeful, a member of the touring party to South Africa in 2014, ranked it in his top three along with an effort for the Scarlets in the Heineken Cup when dancing down the left touchline at Harlequins and a solo score for Bristol versus Yorkshire Carnegie.

Williams says the key to his lively start is playing with a smile on his face – “I am really enjoying it, the way that we want to play rugby suits me. If you enjoy it then things come much easier” – but is modest.

“From 9 to 15 there are a lot of X-factor players, it’s not just me that will produce moments like that and as a whole back line we will gel,” he said.

Williams doesn’t want to blow his own trumpet but the Dragons know that they now have another player who can provide moments to get supporters off their seats.

“He’s pretty special, we just haven’t been getting the ball to him enough,” said head coach Bernard Jackman.

“He leads the table in defenders beaten and I think he is magical. I had Gio Aplon [at Grenoble], a former Springbok who was very similar.

“A counter-attacking full-back is invaluable – we had no possession against Leinster and he had one good touch and did damage, against the Kings when they kicked long to him and he made them pay.

“Teams will be smart in that they won’t kick long to him so we need to get him involved in our multi-phase play more.

“Jordan is somebody who can score a try out of nothing and has been a good recruit for us, he is special.

“He has the ability to beat people and that’s pretty hard to get; Hallam Amos has it, Ashton Hewitt has it, Tyler Morgan has it, Daf Howells has real pace, but Jordan is pretty special.”

Opposition coaches are certainly aware of that and spend preparation weeks putting their players on red alert.

Jackman said: “[Leinster backs coach] Felipe Contepomi saw what he did against the Kings and a couple of times against Treviso, he spoke about him all week and was pretty gutted [about the try]!

“You know that he is going to do it but it’s just his balance and his pace. He is pretty hard to stop and can take you inside or out.”

If Williams continues to thrive with ball in hand then the speedster could force his way back into Warren Gatland’s thinking in World Cup year.

The new selection policy whereby a player based overseas needs 60 Test appearances to be eligible played a part in Williams returning from Bristol in search of that elusive first cap.

He knows that he needs to shine in club colours to pull on a red jersey.

“At the minute I am just concentrating on week in, week out with the Dragons,” he said.

“I couldn’t play for Wales at Bristol so I am grateful to the Dragons and Bernard for giving me the opportunity to come back and give it another go.”