Wales Call Up Uncapped Deaves After Morgan Injury

Autumn Nations Series: Wales v Japan

Venue: Principality Stadium, Cardiff Date: Saturday, 15 November Kick-off: 17:40 GMT

Coverage: Commentary connected BBC Sounds, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru and unrecorded matter connected BBC Sport online.

Uncapped Ospreys flanker Harri Deaves has been called up by Wales aft nan nonaccomplishment of skipper Jac Morgan to injury.

Fellow Ospreys flanker Morgan suffered a dislocated near enarthrosis successful nan enactment of scoring his side's 3rd effort successful Sunday's 52-28 conclusion by Argentina successful Cardiff.

The British and Irish Lions guardant is group for a lengthy lay-off - a rustle to his club's United Rugby Championship and Challenge Cup campaigns - and will miss nan autumn Tests against Japan, New Zealand and South Africa.

That has led to caller caput coach Steve Tandy calling up Deaves, who was unlucky to miss retired connected nan first squad aft a beardown commencement to nan season.

"We're each gutted to suffer Jac - he's a world-class player, arsenic good arsenic a awesome man disconnected nan pitch," said Tandy.

"This gives an opportunity now for personification other and Harri has been performing powerfully for nan Ospreys for a accordant period."

Tandy will beryllium forced into astatine slightest 1 back-row alteration erstwhile he names his squad for Saturday's Test against Japan.

Alex Mann and Aaron Wainwright started successful nan backmost statement alongside Morgan against nan Pumas pinch debutant Olly Cracknell coming connected on pinch fastener aliases flanker Freddie Thomas.

Uncapped Ospreys number 8 Morgan Morse and Scarlets' Taine Plumtree are besides successful nan squad.

Deaves, 24, is nan only master open-side aft Tandy opted to place Leicester flanker Tommy Reffell, who would not person been disposable for nan Springboks finale that is extracurricular World Rugby's charismatic Test window.

Mann, a mobile blind-side by trade, had been mooted arsenic nan screen for nan 7 jersey earlier Morgan's wounded blow.