Wayne Pivac hasn’t yet reached the point where he echoes the old American football coach whose side sustained so many injuries he lamented: “If this keeps up, our team picture this year will be an X-ray.”
But, still, give it time and all that. Every week seems to see yet another Wales player invalided out of some game or other.
On Saturday, Scarlets pair Johnny McNicholl and Wyn Jones left the fray prematurely against Cardiff amid knee injuries. Eight days earlier, screams from Ross Moriarty could be heard echoing around the Kings Park Stadium in Durban, while Josh Adams is another one on the casualty list.
