Wales wing Louis Rees-Zammit seems more and more unlikely to be match for the opening Six Nations video games towards Eire and Scotland.
The Gloucester participant suffered an ankle harm throughout his staff’s Gallagher Premiership defeat at Leicester on 24 December.
Wales open their Six Nations marketing campaign towards Eire on 4 February.
“He’s doing all proper,” mentioned Gloucester head coach George Skivington.
“I feel he might be out there mid-Six Nations. That could be a tough information and never set in stone, although.”
Wales journey to face Scotland on 11 February earlier than internet hosting England two weeks later.
Rees-Zammit has missed Gloucester’s previous two Premiership fixtures, and can sit out Heineken Champions Cup matches towards Leinster and Bordeaux-Begles.
Warren Gatland, in control of Wales for a second time after changing Wayne Pivac, is about to call his Six Nations squad subsequent week.
Whereas the back-three positions should not an space of weak spot, given the presence of Liam Williams, Leigh Halfpenny, Josh Adams, Rio Dyer and Alex Cuthbert, Rees-Zammit gives an extra try-scoring dimension.
Gatland has different harm considerations earlier than the Six Nations. Dragons second row Will Rowlands and Ospreys fly-half Gareth Anscombe have been dominated out of the event with shoulder accidents.
Ospreys flanker Dan Lydiate is sidelined with a damaged arm and might be out till February, Scarlets prop Samson Lee is a long-term casualty with an Achilles downside and Cardiff centre Willis Halaholo is just not anticipated to return till March due to a hamstring downside.
Dillon Lewis, Josh Navidi, Josh Macleod, Ben Carter, Owen Watkin, Wyn Jones and Johnny Williams are battling to show their health for the beginning of the event.
Ospreys centre George North is recovering from minor facial surgical procedure, whereas Cardiff full-back Williams went off within the defeat towards Ospreys on 7 January.
