Newport Gwent Dragons centre and dual contract-holder Tyler Morgan has been called into Wales’ World Cup squad in place of Cory Allen, who suffered a hamstring injury in their win over Uruguay at the weekend.
The injury was bad enough for Allen – who scored a hattrick against Uruguay in a man of the match display – to be released entirely from the squad, while Morgan returns to the squad having been part of the wider World Cup training group.
“It’s disappointing to lose Cory in this way, especially following his man-of-the-match display against Uruguay,” said Warren Gatland.
“Tyler was part of the our extended squad and trained very well and will link up with us in London later today.”
Allen’s injury is the latest in a rotten run of injury luck for Wales, who have lost Jonathan Davies, Leigh Halfpenny and Rhys Webb in their backline to long term injury already. There were also niggles suffered by Samson Lee, Paul James and Liam Williams at the weekend.
Morgan’s gain, however, is James Hook’s loss. The experienced Gloucester utility back was the man many – including Gareth Thomas and the other ITV pundits for the Uruguay game – would have expected to be called into the squad.
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Hmm , not sure about this move, Morgan has bags of potential & will probably be a shoe-in by the next WC , but he is very raw at the moment , can’t see how he can be expected to cope with the huge games coming up. Hook, I think would have been most peoples choice ….. although he just too inconsistent for Gatlands liking, he is just as likely to lose a game with ineptitude as he is to win it with brilliance …
Their is an air of looking to the next WC in his selection I think, if he get’s his WC debut out of the way now, in 4years he’ll be able to relax a little more and play his natural game, get the nerves out of the way coming of the bench in this one. If he handles the pressure well then he could start a few games too