That's a gutter. Always a possibility though, unfortunately. Looked innocuous as well. Biggar having a good game.
British & Irish Lions captain Alun Wyn Jones has been ruled out of this summer's tour of South Africa after dislocating his shoulder in their opening warm-up match against Japan. Lions head coach Warren Gatland confirmed Jones' injury following the Lions' 28-10 victory at Murrayfield, with the team set to depart for South Africa for five more warm-up matches and three Tests against the world champions. Gatland said the coaching staff will now discuss who to call up as a replacement, and who to name as captain. Jones left the field after just eight minutes after being hurt contesting a ruck, with England lock Courtney Lawes replacing him.
Gutted for Tips as well. Good replacements though. What do you make of Murray as Captain? Seems a little odd, does it mean he's nailed on for the test starts? I didn't think he was that great yesterday.
Must admit I didn’t see that one coming. I’d have thought it would have been Itoje, Farrell or the Sheriff, with possibly Henshaw (as an outside bet). Murray is not as good as he was, but that said Scrum Half is one of the weaker areas in this BIL squad, so Gats must see him as a ‘likely’ starter in the Test series
A bit worrying, you'd think they'd have been super careful considering what's at stake. The problem is, so many people aren't careful, then you factor in the people who've been vaccinated thinking everything's back to normal but they can still spread it....
From The Telegraph: Warren Gatland: I believe Alun Wyn Jones can make a 'miracle' recovery and play in our Test team Alun Wyn Jones is understood to be optimistic of making a “miracle” recovery from his dislocated shoulder and could yet make a dramatic return to feature in the British and Irish Lions’ Test series against South Africa. Telegraph Sport can reveal that the Wales captain has told Lions head coach Warren Gatland that he hopes to “get himself right” after the diagnosis confirmed that the injury he sustained against Japan at Murrayfield last Saturday was not as severe as first feared. Gatland was forced to call up Wales lock Adam Beard as a replacement for Jones and hastily appointed Ireland scrum-half Conor Murray as his new tour captain following a series of meetings with his coaches before the squad departed for Johannesburg on Sunday. The promising news about Jones however will give the Lions a major psychological boost ahead of their opening tour match against the Emirates Lions on Saturday. Jones, 35, is desperate to still play a part in what would be his fourth tour with the Lions, having featured in their last nine Test matches. “Given his age, they think that they could potentially take a few shortcuts, more than you would do with a young player, if he picked up this type of injury at the start of his career,” Gatland said. “So he's kind of optimistic that a miracle may happen, and then he can get himself right. We're just going to assess it and see how the next couple of weeks goes in terms of that. I think the specialist said, when he had to look at it, that it wasn't quite as bad as he thought it would be. “But not good enough, obviously, to come on tour to start with, and, and we needed a replacement otherwise we would have put too much pressure on him and the other second rows. "We're going to monitor that and as we come towards the end of the tour, or if we pick up an injury and he's making amazing progress, something can happen - you never know. So it's kind of one of those just wait and see situations.” Jones has been in talks with both Gatland and the Lions physios and an assessment about his potential return to the squad is likely to be made before the squad are due to travel to Cape Town after their third match of the tour on July 10. The first Test against the Springboks is on July 14. “There have been some conversations that have gone on in the last few days,” Gatland added. “They have been saying: “Okay you go away and do your rehab and in the next couple of weeks we will see what sort of progress you've made. “There would be no way that we would even consider even bringing him out unless he was back into full contact and those sorts of things. We just have got to look at it, it may be that we pick up injuries in that position as well. “So there's lots of things that could happen and could change. We're just keeping an open mind on that situation.”
Halfpenny injured himself (his knee went) after 30 seconds - in his 100th Test Match (Wales 96, BIL 4) Driven off - can’t walk
