No injury worries for excited Wales

Julian Kiewietz

Wales are in "good spirits" heading into quarter-final week against Argentina, according to physical performance head Huw Bennett, who said everyone was available for selection. Totemic No 8 Taulupe Faletau broke his arm in the 43-19 victory over Georgia on Saturday in a "sobering stamp" for Wales and has been replaced in the 33-man squad by scrumhalf Kieran Hardy. Flyhalf Gareth Anscombe also pulled up with a groin injury in the warm-up to that final pool match, while fullback Liam Williams sustained a bang on the knee. But Bennett, a veteran of six World Cups - three as a player, three as staff, said: "The boys are recovering well. Liam was on crutches after the Georgia game but that was just a precaution. "Gareth is also recovering well. As far…

You're reading a preview of

Cape Times (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2023-10-10

DiscountMags is a licensed distributor (not a publisher) of the above content and Publication through Zinio LLC. Accordingly, we have no editorial control over the Publications. Any opinions, advice, statements, services, offers or other information or content expressed or made available by third parties, including those made in Publications offered on our website, are those of the respective author(s) or publisher(s) and not of DiscountMags. DiscountMags does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness, or usefulness of all or any portion of any publication or any services or offers made by third parties, nor will we be liable for any loss or damage caused by your reliance on information contained in any Publication, or your use of services offered, or your acceptance of any offers made through the Service or the Publications. For content removal requests, please contact Zinio.