Wales Scrum-half Kieran Hardy has been ruled out of the rest of the tournament with a hamstring injury but Tomos Williams is potentially expected to be fit again after missing the games against Scotland and England.
Dan Biggar has been nursing an injury niggle but it is not expected to keep him out of the game against Italy at this stage. France Romain Ntamack and Virimi Vakatawa have returned from injury to give France’s title bid a huge injury boost.
Both key players for Fabian Galthie’s side, they missed the first two rounds but look set to play in the rest of the tournament after being named in a 31-man squad ahead of Saturday’s game against England with a possible title decider against Wales to come the following week and their.
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