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Wales suffer Faletau Six Nations blow


Wales back row Taulupe Faletau (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)
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Wales’ preparations for the Six Nations have suffered a blow with yet another injury to Taulupe Faletau.

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Faletau made an impressive comeback playing as a flanker in Bath’s 18-16 Heineken Champions Cup win over Wasps on Saturday, but the luckless back row has succumbed to yet another injury.

Faletau fractured his arm in October, which meant he was absent for Wales’ November international series, during which Warren Gatland’s side achieved a clean sweep of victories.

Now it’s emerged that Faletau has broken his arm again.

The latest injury is set to rule him out for up to 8 weeks, meaning that he may not even be fit in time for Wales’ final Six Nations match against Ireland on March 16th.

It’s left Wales a little light of options in the backrow with Ellis Jenkins out long-term with a knee injury which he suffered against the Springboks last November.

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Scarlets backrow Aaron Shingler is out until March also with a knee injury, while clubmate James Davies is nursing a foot injury. Such was the Scarlets backrow injury crisis that they were recently forced to play Wales hooker Ken Owens at number 8.

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Dan Lydiate is also set to be out of contention for the start of the competition with an elbow knock.

At the Dragons Ross Moriarty has been absent since mid-December due to concussion, but it’s hoped he’ll be able to return in time for Wales’ first match against France at the Stade de France in Paris on February 1st.

Head coach Gatland names his Wales squad for the Six Nations on Tuesday.

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Nations Championship: 'The data shows the north has finally caught up with the south'

The Six Nations produced so many compelling games and so much of action packed moments that you can only conclude that its the best international comp out there at the moment except for a world cup. If Wales improve it will be even better especially given the strides Italy have made in recent times. The Rugby Championship is now taking a hiatus in a year it really should be building toward something better which is terrible considering the competition was so tight last year. The Nations Champs promises much but one gets the feeling that the 6 Nations teams will not be at their peak given its at the end of their long season. In terms of rugby quality and entertainment Id rather watch the 6 Nations over everything else other than a world cup right now. The North arguably offers more in terms of entertainment than the South at club level as well. The Prem, the Champs Cup, URC and Top 14 all feature plenty of scoring and different playing styles while Super Rugby seems to be the same thing game in game out. While the South tries to speed up the game artificially with new trials and law variations the North has shown you can do it with good refereeing which penalises cynical play harshly and encourages positive actions on the field. In terms of entertainment the North wins. In terms of winning? They are making strides but until they win another world cup or get a team to rank number 1 again for an extended time again they cant really say they are better than the South.

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