Wales centre Scott Williams will undergo surgery today on the injured shoulder that saw him leave the field during his team’s 26-3 loss to Ireland on Saturday. Williams injured himself making a huge hit on Brian O’Driscoll, but came off second best.
You’ve probably seen it already, either watching live or when seeing the match highlights, but here it is again for archiving, and perhaps a bit of discussion about the tackle itself.
Williams timed and read things excellently, but it did appear as though he might have tucked his right arm in, which sometimes indicates there was more shoulder than an attempt to wrap. It was touch and go though, and if it indeed wasn’t one hundred percent legal, he received his punishment.
While O’Driscoll took a few moments to recover, Williams left the field a few minutes later, and yesterday it was confirmed that he will miss the rest of the Six Nations. He might be out for even longer than that, according to Scarlets’ Simon Easterby.
“He took a major blow to his A/C joint and is under review at the moment,” he said. “He is clearly not going to be playing for a number of weeks and won’t take any more part in the Six Nations.”
Warren Gatland says that Jonathan Davies is still a bit sore after a pectoral injury suffered against South Africa in November. They’re still unsure if he’ll be able to play against France.
O’Driscoll is currently one cap behind the most capped Test rugby player of all time, George Gregan, who was capped 139 times by the Wallabies. O’Driscoll has only been capped 130 times by Ireland, but has played for the British & Irish Lions 8 times.
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