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Wales release Tomos Williams from Autumn Nations Series squad
By PA
Scrum-half Tomos Williams has been released from Wales’ Autumn Nations Series squad due to a shoulder injury.
The Gloucester number nine was hurt during Wales’ 24-19 defeat against opening autumn opponents Fiji.
He had already been ruled out of Sunday’s appointment with Australia, being replaced in the starting line-up by Ellis Bevan, with Rhodri Williams gaining a place on the bench.
Tomos Williams, though, will also not be available to face world champions South Africa in Cardiff on November 23.
Experienced Ospreys scrum-half Kieran Hardy has been called up to the squad as replacement for Williams, the Welsh Rugby Union said.
Defeat against Australia would inflict a record 11th successive Test loss on Wales.
They have not won a Test match since the 2023 World Cup and a pool stage victory over Georgia in Nantes.
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Great article. What I so admire about Rassie is the curve balls. Picks a 5/3. Must have got Borthwick unawares that one. He had already mentally picked a 6/2 to deal with the Boks BS. It didn’t come so he goes 5/3. Borthwick should have said nope. Let’s go 7/1. But he wouldn’t. You have to be special to things like that.
Go to commentsFully agree that Lawrence didn't alwats get it right at the breakdown in that QF game (and other areas of play such as players in front of the kicker). He allowed SA to crawl into rucks on all fours from anywhere, turned a blind eye to SA playing the ball on the ground and allowed SA to stick their hands in at the breakdown at will. A neutral referee would have resulted in a 21 - 6 winning scoreline for Australia. Simple as that.
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