Malta Independent

Wales without Williams against the All Blacks

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Wales fullback Liam Williams will miss the rugby test against New Zealand on Saturday because of injury, depriving the team of another key back as it goes for a first win over the All Blacks since 1953.

Williams sustained an abdominal injury in Wales' 13-6 win over Georgia on Saturday and he has been released back to his English club, Saracens.

The Welsh are also without center Jonathan Davies, who was injured in their opening autumn internatio­nal against Australia.

The Welsh Rugby Union says winger Alex Cuthbert will also miss the game against the All Blacks because of a calf injury.

No. 8 Nathan Hughes will miss England's final autumn internatio­nal against Samoa because of injury, while Jonathan Joseph and Anthony Watson are among eight other players released back to their clubs.

The Fiji-born Hughes has bruising to a bone in his knee joint, which will keep him sidelined for around three to four weeks.

Blackpool-Gillingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Bradford-Scunthorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Bury-Shrewsbury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Charlton-Rochdale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1 MK Dons-Southend . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Oldham-AFC Wimbledon . . . . . . . . . . 0-0 Oxford Utd-Blackburn . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4 Peterborou­gh-Portsmouth . . . . . . . . 2-1 Plymouth-Northampto­n . . . . . . . . . . 2-0 Walsall-Fleetwood Town . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Wigan-Doncaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0

League Two

Yesterday Accrington-Wycombe . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Cheltenham-Cambridge Utd . . . . . . . 0-0 Chesterfie­ld-Forest Green . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Colchester-Lincoln City . . . . . . . . . . . 1-0 Crawley Town-Exeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-1 Grimsby Town-Swindon . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2 Luton-Carlisle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-0 Morecambe-Crewe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1 Newport-Barnet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Port Vale-Mansfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4 Stevenage-Coventry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Yeovil-No s County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

SCOTLAND

Championsh­ip

Yesterday Dunfermlin­e-Morton . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Inverness-Brechin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . postp

FA Cup

Yesterday Queen Of South-Montrose . . . . . . . . 2-1

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