Sawt Falasteen - Injured scrum-half Williams ruled out of Lions tour

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Injured scrum-half Williams ruled out of Lions tour
Injured scrum-half Williams ruled out of Lions tour / Photo: Saeed KHAN - AFP

Injured scrum-half Williams ruled out of Lions tour

The British and Irish Lions suffered a setback Monday with experienced scrum-half Tomos Williams ruled out of the rest of the Australia tour with a hamstring injury.

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Williams, a veteran of 65 Tests for Wales, clutched at the back of his left leg early in the second-half after scoring the second of his two tries against Western Force in the tour opener on Saturday.

He limped out and will play no further part in the nine-match tour.

"We can confirm that Tomos Williams suffered a tour-ending injury in Saturday's win against Western Force in Perth," said the Lions.

Toulon and Scotland's Ben White, who was deemed unlucky to miss out on the 38-man squad, has been called up to replace Williams.

Ireland's Jamison Gibson-Park will be on scrum-half duties for their clash against Queensland Reds in Brisbane on Wednesday after missing the Force game with a glute injury.

G.AbuGhazaleh--SF-PST