Dragons centre Scott Williams to miss end of season
Williams impressed in his first start for the Men of Gwent but limped off in the second half of the Judgement Day defeat by his former side Scarlets.
Scott limped off with a 'nasty' ankle injury in last week's defeat to the Scarlets (Image: Chris Fairweather/Huw Evans Agency)
And Dragons head coach Filo Tiatia has confirmed that the 34-year-old will miss tomorrow's URC derby against the Ospreys in Swansea, while he's also likely to miss the final two games of the campaign in South Africa against the Stormers and the Bulls next month.
"Scotty Williams picked up a nasty injury in the second half [against the Scarlets] and he won't be available," said Tiatia. "It's a nasty ankle injury, so we'll see how long he'll be out."
Ben Carter is also a doubt for tomorrow's match as he is the subject of a head injury assessment after taking a big blow at the Principality Stadium, but there is good news with the return of 20-year-old full-back Huw Anderson from a leg injury.
"Ben Carter is going through a HIA process after he came off [last Saturday] and we'll see how that goes," said Tiatia.
"But Huw Anderson is back, which is positive. The young fella has done really well and taken his opportunities and it will be pleasing to see how he keeps growing."
Harri Ackerman (arm), Dmitri Arhip (knee), Oli Burrows (shoulder), Rio Dyer (ankle), Cai Evans (leg), Lloyd Evans (leg), Harri Ford (ankle), Solomone Funaki (knee), Harrison Keddie (leg), Rodrigo Martinez (leg), George Nott (knee), Josh Reynolds (shoulder), Sam Scarfe (shoulder), Matthew Screech (knock), Luke Yendle (knee) are also unavailable this weekend.
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