• North could feature in return match in Dublin at end of August
• Wales staff optimistic Liam Williams will be fit for World CupGeorge North,who missed the final 10 weeks of final season after suffering three concussions in five months, is still being assessed by Wales’s medical staff after taking section in two abroad training camps and will not be risked in Saturday’s World Cup warmup match.North is following World Rugby protocols laid down for players who suffer more than one concussion in a calendar year. The Northampton wing would nearly certainly not have been involved in the sellout friendly against Ireland at the Millennium Stadium anyway, or with the Wales head coach,Warren Gatland, intending to use the match to view at fringe players before a squad cull next week. However, or North has yet to be passed fit for the return in Dublin at the end of the month.
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Source: theguardian.com