Within the first ten minutes of Gloucester’s defeat to Leicester Tigers on Christmas Eve, Louis Rees-Zammit left the field with an injury.
Six weeks before the start of the Six Nations, the Wales winger injured his ankle. The injury’s severity is unknown at this time, but the ankle was heavily strapped.
Rees-Zammit had just come back from a hip problem he had last month, and he has had a few ankle problems in the past few years.
Today, ahead of Warren Gatland’s selection of his Six Nations squad, a number of Wales Six Nations hopefuls face off against their biggest squad rivals.
Ross Moriarty, who was not selected for the fall squad, will play Taulupe Faletau at number eight in the Dragons vs. Cardiff game. Josh Adams begins at full-back for Cardiff in a back three that will go facing Grains wing rival Rio Dyer.
In the back row battle, Aaron Wainwright, who lost favor with Wayne Pivac, and Thomas Young, who is in good form, will try to impress the new Wales coach.
Dai Flanagan, the Dragons’ coach, said: There’s been genuine energy on the ball. We can see a edge all over the place because everyone wants to play.
“The team at Cardiff is fantastic. When you look at the individuals, you notice that they have superstars everywhere.”
Dai Youthful said: ” We have a good record against the Dragons, but we’ve had some bad luck recently, and there have been games that they probably should have won.
Some of the biggest names in Welsh rugby take the field in the second Welsh derby of the day, Ospreys vs. Scarlets, further west. Justin Tipuric is straightforwardly facing Josh Macleod, who necessities to dazzle Gatland rapidly assuming that he is to keep up with his spot in the Ribs crew.
Dane Blacker vs. Rhys Webb at scrum-half is another interesting matchup as both players try to get Gatland’s attention. Webb is playing well and has a lot of experience, but Blacker is close to getting his first Wales cap. When Gatland names his Six Nations squad in three weeks, it could be one or the other.
Gatland will have the opportunity to evaluate which of his older players he believes still require to be at the center of his plans thanks to the benches’ abundance of experience. When the game comes to a close, Ken Owens and Alun Wyn Jones will be important men.
In an effort to finish the season on time, the WRU has informed clubs that matches can now be played with as few as 12 players on each team.
This season, around 200 Welsh National League games have been postponed for a variety of reasons, most notably the inability of many clubs to consistently field a team.
It says that if both clubs agree, fixtures can be played with 12, 13, or 14-a-side. Even if one team loses a player to fall below 12, scrums will not be contested, and the game will not be abandoned unless there is a four-player gap between the two teams. Groups who have a full matchday crew accessible however consent to play with decreased numbers will be permitted to utilize every one of their substitutions.