Wales suffer double blow as Will Rowlands and Dan Lydiate ruled out of autumn series

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Dan Lydiate: Wales flanker faced Argentina successful honour of his precocious father
Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Saturday, 19 November Kick-off: 13:00 GMT
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Wales person suffered a treble stroke up of forthcoming Tests against Georgia and Australia with flanker Dan Lydiate and fastener Will Rowlands retired with injury.

Ospreys' Lydiate damaged an limb portion Dragons' Rowlands wounded a enarthrosis successful past weekend's triumph against Argentina.

Wales person called up 2 locks, Exeter 19-year-old Dafydd Jenkins and Rhys Davies, 24, of Ospreys arsenic replacements.

However, manager Wayne Pivac has not called successful a nonstop backmost enactment replacement for Lydiate.

Wales look Georgia successful Cardiff connected Saturday, 19 November having bounced backmost from opening bid decision by New Zealand to bushed the Pumas.

They volition past big Australia connected Saturday, 26 November - a crippled scheduled extracurricular the agreed planetary Test period, which means England-based players volition not beryllium available.

That gives Jenkins 1 existent accidental to gain a debut cap, against Georgia, earlier returning to Exeter with club-mate Christ Tshiunza.

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