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Latest update on Liam Williams' injury comeback is a worry
By Online Editors
Liam Williams looks set to be unavailable for Wales until the Guinness Six Nations Championship's latter stages.
The Saracens back has not played since suffering an ankle injury ahead of Wales' World Cup semi-final against South Africa last October.
"Liam's struggling a bit at the moment," said Wales defence coach Byron Hayward.
"It (Saturday's game against Ireland) is a little bit early for Liam. We are possibly looking at the fourth or fifth games in the Championship."
After Ireland, Wales host France on February 22 before their March 7 appointment with England at Twickenham. They then tackle Scotland at home seven days later.
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"But look at all the positives - the boys all worked well last weekend (against Italy)," Hayward added.
"Leigh Halfpenny had a great game last weekend at full-back, though it would be nice to get Liam back, obviously."
Centre Owen Watkin, scrum-half Gareth Davies and hooker Elliot Dee are all back in training following recent injuries.
- Press Association
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I thought you meant in europe. Because all of the reasons theyre different I wouldn't correlate that to mean for europe, as in french broadcasters pay two or three times as much as the UK or SA broadcasters do, like they do for their league.
With France, it's not just about viewers, they are also paying much more. So no doubt there will be a hit (to the amount the French teams receive for only playing a fraction of it) but they may not care too much as long as the big clubs, the top 8 for example, enter the meaty end, and it wouldn't have the same value to them as the top14 contract/compensation does. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if the 3 separate networks broadcast deals only went to the clubs in their regions as well (that's how SR ended up (unbalanced) I believe).
Go to commentsHis best years were 2018 and he wasn't good enough to win the World Cup in 2023! (Although he was voted as the best player in the world in 2023)
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