Injury News: Scotland and Wales stars heading home from World Cup

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by Steven Smith

Tuesday, 24 September 2019 at 08:19

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Scotland and Wales have suffered injury blows overnight in Japan with both players heading home.

Wales second row Cory Hill has been ruled out of the World Cup without playing a game.

The Dragons forward has failed to recover from a stress fracture and will be replaced by Ospreys' Bradley Davies.

Meanwhile, Scotland scrum-half Ali Price is out of the World Cup because of a foot injury suffered in Sunday's defeat by Ireland.

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Short lived but incredibly proud to have made the field at a World Cup. Gutting now but I’ll be all good - looking forward to supporting the boys for the rest of the tournament and getting myself back on the field for Glasgow. ✌🏼

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The Glasgow Warriors player, 26, came on as a second-half substitute in place of Greig Laidlaw in the 27-3 loss in Yokohama.

Edinburgh's Henry Pyrgos will fly out as Price's replacement.

Injury News: Scotland and Wales stars heading home from World Cup

bySteven Smith

Scotland and Wales have suffered injury blows overnight in Japan with both players heading home.

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