Gatland facing a player crisis

– Wales coach Warren Gatland may have to look at the Welsh regions to help solve a mounting midfield crisis ahead of the final two games of their November series against Tonga and Australia.

The back-to-back Six Nations champions came into their four-match sequence this month without two British and Irish Lions, wing Alex Cuthbert and centre Jamie Roberts, and they lost two more in the 24-15 opening defeat against South Africa. –