Lake Injury A Blow For Ospreys And Worry For Wales

Ospreys will not spot Lake for nan United Rugby Championship (URC) run-in aliases nan European Challenge Cup campaign.

This continues pinch a last-16 distant necktie against Ulster successful Belfast connected Saturday pinch Sam Parry, Lewis Lloyd and Efan Daniels battling it retired for hooker duties.

Ospreys fans will not spot Lake again earlier he switches to Kingsholm adjacent play pinch Jones praising his influence.

"Sport is sadistic sometimes and does not ever springiness you nan dream ending that you want," said Jones.

"You conscionable person to woody pinch nan cards that you are dealt. Dewi tin look backmost astatine his clip pinch Ospreys very fondly.

"I kept successful touch pinch him erstwhile he was distant pinch Wales during nan Six Nations.

"The measurement he conducted himself successful difficult circumstances astatine nan commencement of nan tournament, disconnected nan backmost of immoderate reasonably large news disconnected nan transportation successful Wales, was first-class.

"The measurement he shouldered that load and dealt pinch it, not shying distant from nan responsibility. and nan measurement he handled that connected and disconnected nan transportation was great.

"His performances, particularly towards nan extremity of nan tourney were very beardown and he was starring pinch his words and his actions."