Cardiff — Influential No 8 Toby Faletau and prop Scott Andrews are available for Wales but the hosts will be without much of their star power for Saturday’s Test against the Springboks. Faletau and Andrews are the only English-based players cleared to play. Rhys Priestland‚ Jamie Roberts‚ Owen Williams and Tomas Francis all had to cross the Severn Bridge back to their paymasters. Saturday’s Test falls outside the November Test window and clubs are generally reluctant to release their players. The Springboks last week had to say goodbye to Duane Vermeulen and Francois Louw who were off to their clubs Toulon and Bath. Faletau also plays for Bath but he got permission to play‚ while Louw did not. Francis is with league leaders Exeter Chiefs‚ Williams is with Johan Ackermann’s Gloucester‚ while Roberts runs straight and hard for Harlequins. Apart from their unavailability Wales have other selection issues. Lock Jake Ball suffered a dislocated shoulder against the All Blacks and has been...
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