Welsh scrum-half Tomos Williams was good off the bench within the defeat by Argentina per week in the past and he was constructing splendidly on that efficiency in opposition to the Drive, scoring twice, earlier than he got here off with what’s being known as a “tight hamstring”.
How tight? Head coach Andy Farrell tried to play a straight bat within the aftermath. “You do not know till you recognize, and we’ll solely know within the morning anyway,” mentioned Farrell in regards to the severity of the damage.
May he fly out Scotland’s Ben White, who’s close by in Auckland with Gregor Townsend’s group on their three-match tour of the South Pacific? Jack van Poortvliet is one other contender however he is a good distance away with England in Argentina.
“It’s a must to let these items calm down and see what the end result is, giving it slightly little bit of house, added Farrell. “I’ve not bought a clue. There’s slightly little bit of concern there, however you may solely cope with what you may cope with within the right here and now, so fingers crossed.”
Jamison Gibson-Park is match and will begin in Brisbane on Wednesday. Alex Mitchell makes it two totally match scrum-halves. The query right here is whether or not Williams goes to want a while to get well however can keep on tour or is totally out. Both situation absolutely means a name to Auckland.
Having solely two match scrum-halves for a time frame is unnecessary, particularly when one among them, Eire’s Gibson-Park, is barely simply recovering from damage himself.
One sport down in Australia and the sceptre of damage has already hit. Hopefully, Williams, one among solely two Welsh gamers, is ok. He is a person in wealthy type, clearly able to placing the warmth on Gibson-Park, the frontrunner for the 9 jersey within the Check collection.
