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Rugby Union: Wallace's arrival delayed: Lions wait for replacement wing

Steve Bale
Tuesday 25 May 1993 23:02 BST
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RICHARD WALLACE, the replacement for the injured Lions wing, Ian Hunter, will not now arrive in New Zealand from Limerick until Friday and may not be ready to take his place against Canterbury next Wednesday, writes Steve Bale from Auckland.

Meanwhile the Lions will probably be spared facing John Timu, the outstanding New Zealand full-back, when they play the Maoris in Wellington on Saturday. Timu has a knee injury which is also likely to keep him out of the final All Blacks trial in Pukekohe next Tuesday - both absences being precautionary to ensure his fitness for the first Test in Christchurch on 12 June.

England have an injury worry over Steve Ojomoh as they prepare for the second match of their Canadian tour against a British Columbian President's XV in Vancouver tomorrow.

The Bath forward flanker is still feeling the effects of Saturday's bruising 26-10 victory over British Columbia and could be replaced by Harlequins' Richard Langhorn.

Wales ran in 10 tries in the second game of their African tour, defeating Zimbabwe B 64-13 in Harare. Mike Rayer, playing on the wing, and the full-back Ian Jones got two tries each, while Neil Jenkins scored 19 points. Other tries were scored by Paul Arnold, Ian Buckett, Simon Hill, Rob Howley and Hugh Woodland.

Wales: I Jones; S Hill, N Boobyer, H Woodland, M Rayer; N Jenkins, R Howley; I Buckett, R McBryde, J Davies, P Arnold, A Copsey, A Williams, S Davies (capt), M Perego.

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