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Roberts goes under knife

Wales centre Jamie Roberts will miss most of this season after discovering he requires wrist surgery.

Tuesday, 13 July 2010

Sportal.co.nz

Wales centre Jamie Roberts will miss most of this season after discovering he requires wrist surgery.

The Cardiff Blues back was told he needs an operation to stabilise the wrist after returning from last month's tour to New Zealand and will be sidelined for the first half of the new season.

The 23-year-old, who has 24 caps, sustained the injury during the 2009 British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa but initial tests failed to uncover the extent of the damage.

He will sit out the November Tests against Australia, South Africa, Fiji and New Zealand but should return in time for the Six Nations.

"I injured my wrist during the second Test in South Africa last summer," said Roberts.

"I had a couple of MRI scans which unfortunately didn't pick up the injury.

"It wasn't until the surgeon had a look with a camera into the joint at the end of the season that the full extent of the injury was diagnosed.

"I played all of last season with a lot of pain in my wrist and so it is logical to get it sorted as soon as possible.

"It's pretty disappointing to be missing more or less the first half of the season, but I'll use the time to rid my body of any niggles."

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