Wayne Pivac wants to reduce risk of Covid bubble issuesFlanker Dan Lydiate recalled as Wales omit Rhys WebbWales asked Premiership Rugby to release the six England-based players named on Wednesday in their Six Nations squad for the duration of the tournament to reduce the risk of Covid-19 bursting their bubble, but they will have to hand them back for the tournament’s two fallow weeks.
Three of the six – Dan Biggar, Tomas Francis and Taulupe Faletau – are expected to be regulars in Wales’s match-day squad while the others – Callum Sheedy, Will Rowlands and Louis Rees-Zammit – are likely to play a part in some if not all of the matches.