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Welsh scrum-half Tomos Williams was good off the bench in the defeat by Argentina a week ago and he was building wonderfully on that performance against the Force, scoring twice, before he came off with what is being called a “tight hamstring”.<\/p>\n
How tight? Head coach Andy Farrell tried to play a straight bat in the aftermath. “You don’t know until you know, and we’ll only know in the morning anyway,” said Farrell about the severity of the injury.<\/p>\n
Might he fly out Scotland’s Ben White, who is nearby in Auckland with Gregor Townsend’s team on their three-match tour of the South Pacific? Jack van Poortvliet is another contender but he’s a long way away with England in Argentina. <\/p>\n
“You have to let these things settle down and see what the outcome is, giving it a little bit of space, added Farrell. “I’ve not got a clue. There’s a little bit of concern there, but you can only deal with what you can deal with in the here and now, so fingers crossed.”<\/p>\n
Jamison Gibson-Park is fit and should start in Brisbane on Wednesday. Alex Mitchell makes it two fully fit scrum-halves. The question here is whether Williams is going to need some time to recover but can stay on tour or is completely out. Either scenario surely means a call to Auckland.<\/p>\n
Having only two fit scrum-halves for a period of time is not sensible, especially when one of them, Ireland’s Gibson-Park, is only just recovering from injury himself. <\/p>\n
One game down in Australia and the spectre of injury has already hit. Hopefully, Williams, one of only two Welsh players, is fine. He’s a man in rich form, clearly capable of putting the heat on Gibson-Park, the frontrunner for the nine jersey in the Test series.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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